De Stijl

De Stijl was a Dutch artistic movement which was founded  in 1917 by two abstract artists, Piet Mondrian and Theo van Deosburg, in Amsterdam. De Stijl is Dutch and in English stands for, "The Style". The De Stijl movement is said to have consisted of artists and architects. 

Most works that are in the style of De Stijl or influenced by De Stijl will commonly display the use of pure abstraction which displays black vertical and horizontal lines, and the use of only primary colours and black and white.

De Stijl has influenced many areas the world and basic human life (as shown in the images below) and is still influencing art till this day.

De Stijl art is very geometric and can also be said that cubist painting is a major influence in the works. This art movement has influenced the Bauhaus, the international style and also music.

Example of De Stijl works:








Furniture Design: Red and Blue Chair designed by Gerrit Reitveld in 1917. 
















Architecture: The Reitveld Dchroder House which was the only building to have been completed using the principles of De Stijl.






In my opinion these 2 designs best represent the De Stijl movement due to the fact that they both use the main elements and principles of the movement which are simple rectangles and squares, a range of horizontal and vertical lines, and the use of the primary colours.