Composition VI (on black fond)
1917
About this artwork
This abstract composition is defined by a series of rectangular forms of varying sizes arranged against a stark black background. It exemplifies the artist's transition toward the geometric abstraction characteristic of the De Stijl movement.
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Theo van Doesburg was the founding force behind the De Stijl movement, a Dutch artistic movement that advocated for pure abstraction and universality by a reduction to the essentials of form and color. Though this work shows his early exploration of geometric order, it served as a crucial bridge toward his later, more rigid theories on 'Elementarism' which sought to break the static nature of his earlier compositions through diagonal lines.
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Composition VI (on black fond)
Theo van Doesburg, 1917
