Theo van Doesburg: ferskil tusken ferzjes

[[Ofbyld:Theo van Doesburg in military service.JPG|thumb|Theo van Doesburg yn militêre tsjinst]]

[[Ofbyld:Theo van Doesburg in Aubette.jpg|thumb|Theo van Doesburg yn Aubette]]

Theo van Doesburg, [[skûlnamme]] fan Christian Emil Marie Küpper ([[Utert]], [[30 augustus]] [[1883]] – [[Davos]], [[7 maart]] [[1931]]) wie in Nederlânsk keunstner en skriuwer.

 

===Jonge jierren===

Theo van Doesburg was born as '''Christian Emil Marie Küpper''' on 30 august 1883 in [[Utert (stêd)|Utert]] as the son of the [[photographer]] [[Wilhelm Küpper]] and Henrietta Catherina Margadant. After a short training in acting and singing he decided to become a painter. He always regarded his stepfather, Theodorus Doesburg, to be his natural father, so that his first works are signed with Theo Doesburg, to which he later added the insertion "van". His first exhibition was in 1908. He supported his works by copying paintings from the [[Rijksmuseum]]{{Fact|date=August 2008}} and, from 1912 onwards, writing for magazines. Although he considered himself to be a modern painter at that time, his early work is in line with the Amsterdam Impressionists and is influenced by [[Vincent van Gogh]], both in style and subject matter. This suddenly changed in 1913 after reading [[Wassily Kandinsky]]'s ''Rückblicke'', in which he looks back at his life as a painter from 1903-1913. It made him realize there was a higher, more spiritual level in painting that originates from the mind rather than from everyday life, and that abstraction is the only logical outcome of this.

 

===De Styl===

*''Cité de Circulation'' (mei [[Abraham Elzas]]). 1929.

*''Atelier Van Doesburg, Meudon'' (mei Abraham Elzas). 1927-1930.