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Theo van Doesburg
Dutch
1883-1931
Dutch painter, architect, designer and writer. He was officially registered as the son of Wilhelm Kepper and Henrietta Catharina Margadant, but he was so convinced that his mother second husband, Theodorus Doesburg, was his father that he took his name. Little is known of his early life, but he began painting naturalistic subjects c. 1899. In 1903 he began his military service, and around the same time he met his first wife, Agnita Feis, a Theosophist and poet. Between about 1908 and 1910, much influenced by the work of Honor Daumier, he produced caricatures, some of which were later published in his first book De maskers af! (1916). Also during this period he painted some Impressionist-inspired landscapes and portraits in the manner of George Hendrik Breitner. Between 1914 and 1915 the influence of Kandinsky became clear in such drawings as Streetmusic I and Streetmusic II (The Hague, Rijksdienst Beeld. Kst) and other abstract works.
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Painting ID:: 93140
Two sketches of Krishna playing a flute, seen from the front.
Date 1916(1916)
Medium pencil and Indian ink on transparent paper
Dimensions 19 X 17 cm (7.5 X 6.7 in)
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Painting ID:: 93141
Dancers
Date 1916
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Painting ID:: 93142
Dance I.
Date late 1916(1916)-early 1917(1917) (?)
Medium stained glass
Dimensions 47 X 27 cm (18.5 X 10.6 in)
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Painting ID:: 93143
Color design for Dance II.
Date 1917(1917)
Medium pencil, ink and gouache on paper
Dimensions 55.5 X 29 cm (21.9 X 11.4 in)
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Painting ID:: 93144
Dance II
(in secondary colours). 1917
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Theo van Doesburg
Dutch
1883-1931
Dutch painter, architect, designer and writer. He was officially registered as the son of Wilhelm Kepper and Henrietta Catharina Margadant, but he was so convinced that his mother second husband, Theodorus Doesburg, was his father that he took his name. Little is known of his early life, but he began painting naturalistic subjects c. 1899. In 1903 he began his military service, and around the same time he met his first wife, Agnita Feis, a Theosophist and poet. Between about 1908 and 1910, much influenced by the work of Honor Daumier, he produced caricatures, some of which were later published in his first book De maskers af! (1916). Also during this period he painted some Impressionist-inspired landscapes and portraits in the manner of George Hendrik Breitner. Between 1914 and 1915 the influence of Kandinsky became clear in such drawings as Streetmusic I and Streetmusic II (The Hague, Rijksdienst Beeld. Kst) and other abstract works.
. Related Artists to Theo van Doesburg: | Friedrich Eduard Meyerheim | Rihard Jakopic | arthur o shaughnessy | Fritz von Uhde | Sultan Muhammad |
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