De Stijl

Est. 1917

• Founded in Amserdam
• Translates to "The Style"
• Theo Van Deosburg
• aka neoplasticism

The Spread

Theo Van Doesburg accredited with helping spread the style through his famous magazine, De Stijl

Characteristics

• abstraction & reduction
• essential form and color
• primary colors + black & white
• vertical & horizontal lines
• straight line + square + rectangle

ARCHITECTURE

• considerable infulence since 1931
• de stijl influence makes buildings look modern
• many vertical & horizontal lines up & down the walls
• square rooms jut out of the main building
• buildings mostly follow traditional color scheme