Theo Van Doesburg timeline

Christian Emil Marie Küpper (Theo van Doesburg) Born

Theo van Doesburg was born as Christian Emil Marie Küpper on 30 August 1883 in Utrecht as the son of the photographer Wilhelm Küpper and Henrietta... Read more

Christian emil Marie Küpper Adopts the Name Theo van Doesburg

In 1902, at the age of 19, Christian Emil Marie Küpper first adopted the name of his stepfather and became Theo van Doesburg. Later he toyed with... Read more

Theo van Doesburg Promotes De Stijl Movement

It was while reviewing an exposition for one of these magazines he wrote for, in 1915 (halfway through his two-year service in the army), that he... Read more

De Stijl Movement

After World War I there was a turning away from old forms and philosophies among architects and designers, just as there was among artists and... Read more

Volume I of De Stijl Journal Published

The De Stijl (literally, "the style") art movement was founded by the painter and architect Theo van Doesburg in Leiden in 1917. It encompassed a... Read more

Theo van Doesburg Moves to Weimar

In 1921, armed with such architectural visions (he had been talking of the fourth dimension since 1917), Van Doesburg set off for Weimar,... Read more

Theo van Doesburg Writes Brochure on Dada

Dada or Dadaism is a cultural movement that began in Zürich, Switzerland, during World War I and peaked from 1916 to 1922. The movement primarily... Read more

Theo van Doesburg Edits Mécano Magazine

The city of Leiden is where De Stijl was founded and also where van Doesburg established his short-lived art review Mécano in 1924. Here, as... Read more

Van Doesburg and Mondrian Split

The friendship between Van Doesburg and Mondrian remained strong in these years, although their primary way of communication was by letter. In 1923... Read more

Theo van Doesburg Refurbishes Café Aubette

In 1926 van Doesburg, with artists Jean Arp and Sophie Taeuber, obtained the commission to refurbish the interior of a mid-eighteenth-century... Read more

Theo Van Doesburg Marries Petronella Johanna van Moorsel

In 1920 Nelly met Van Doesburg through her brother, who had a subscription to the magazine published by Van Doesburg De Stijl. At the opening of... Read more

Theo van Doesburg Dies

Van Doesburg stayed active in art groups such as Cercle et Carré, Art Concret and Abstraction-Création, which he founded in 1931. At the end of... Read more