DE STIJL MOVEMENT

INTRODUCTION
The central goal of DE STIJL was the abolition of all the conventional boundaries
be it in painting, in architecture or in life. For them the world was seen as a
continuum in which all distinct categories, male and female, good and evil, human
and divine, inside and outside merged together.

The frame which acts as a limit for a composition was abolished and what
appeared on canvas was a fragment of boundless continuity. Same was applied for
architecture and no separation between inside and outside was conceived. This
was completely different from ally contained and enclosed traditional architecture.
De Stijl aimed for continuously flowing spaces in which there wasn’t any
separation boundary between inside and outside or one room to other.

However De Stijl was not an organized movement but a collection of frequently

changing architects who rarely met and never exhibited together.

The founding members were architects: Robert van’t Hoff, J.J.P. Oud and Jan Wils,
furniture designer Gerrit Rietveld, painters: Bart ban der Leck and Vilmos Huszar
and sculptor Georges Vantongerloo.
VAN DOESBURG

(CAFÉ AUBETTE, STRASBOURG)

 Minimalist, geometric aesthetic is influenced by the work of contemporary artist

Piet Mondrian.
 Rather than placing viewers before painting , viewers are enveloped in it
Schroder house
(Schroder House, Gerrit Rietveld)

 Designed based on plastic architecture

 Space dictated by straight lines which are bound by planes colored white, blue,
red, yellow and grey
 Sliding screens give flexibility to divide or unite space based on needs
 Sliding screens don’t meet at an right angle thus giving floating feel
 Blur line between different spaces and inside and outside
LE CORBOUISER

(Villa Savoye, France)

 De Stijl movements principle of blurring line between indoor and

outdoor was the principle behind Le Corbusier’s idea
 Direct access through first floor terrace to ground is provided by an
external staircase
 To connect inner and outer spaces house body has been hollowed
out.
 ARTIST

Piet Mondrian

Composition A (1920)

 this is Mondrian’s geometric abstract painting

  Frame of de stijl aesthetic
 Horizontal and vertical lines are predominantly used
 The composition is very basic comprising of solid blocks of primary colors
 Mathematical theory of Schoenmaeker is used

ARTIST

GERRIT RIETVELD

Red and blue chair

 Color scheme used is basic De Stijl colors that is red and blue
 All the lines planes and colors used are independent and don’t intersect each other
 The chair comprises of various rectilinear volumes, lines and planes which interact
with each other but doesn’t overpower each other.

REFERENCE
1. Towards universality Le Corbusier mies + de stijl
Richard Padovan

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