De Stijl Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
Dutch artistic movement
About De Stijl
In the years beforeWorld War I, a growing number of Dutch artists was working with abstraction to some degree. They were influenced by the Cubist and Futurist movements, mostly by theRussianartist Kandinsky. The Netherlands stayed neutral in the war that would break loose several years later, allowing these Dutch artists to develop with little influences fromParis, which is where most the artistic influence in the Netherlands came from. The Netherlands became a refuge for mostlyBelgianrefugees, amongst which were artists, and for people like Mondriaan, who lived in Paris, but was in the Netherlands when the war started, making him unable to return home. Dutch artist Theo van Doesburg felt a need in this situation to create an independent magazine to "propagate and defend a new artistic exp
Top Attractions in De Stijl
Explore the best things to see and do in De Stijl:
- ★Aubette
- ★Café De Unie
- ★Centraal Museum Utrecht
- ★Citroëngarage
- ★City Theater
- ★Gemeentemuseum Den Haag
- ★Kröller-Müller Museum
- ★La Maison Van Doesburg
De Stijl Travel Guide Sections
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