De Stijl was, at first, the name of a Dutch art magazine founded in 1917 by artist and architect Theo Van Doesburg. In the tumultuous years following World War I the magazine became one of the the most influential art periodicals of its time. De Stijl was widely read by the staff and students at the famed Bauhaus School of Design in Weimar, Germany, Van Doesburg, arrived in Wiemar in 1921 and gave lectures at the Bauhaus on De Stijl Principals.
De Stijl (Dutch for 'The Style') then gave its name to a group of artists and architects that included Piet Mondrian, Bart Van Der Leck, Vilmos Huszar, Georges Vontongerloo, Pieter Oud, and Gerrit Rietveld. The group sought to create a universal style of design, using geometric forms, straight vertical and horizontal lines, and a limited palette that allowed only the three primary colors - True Red, True Blue, True Yellow, in combination with the three non-colors Black, Gray, and White.
The De Stijl movement, also called Neoplaticism, signified a new trend, and was a major influence in architecture, painting, sculpture, and design. Piet Mondrian's paintings and the furniture designed by Gerrit Rietveld have become classic examples of 20th Century Design. In architecture many De Stijl principles are still applied, and much praise is given to Rietveld's Schroeder house, as the most complete realization of the De Stijl aesthetic.
The most significant period of the De Stijl movement were the years 1921 to 1925, during this period the group enjoyed tremendous success. In the years following 1925 there were confrontations between van Doesburg and Mondrian and the group faltered. The last issue of De Stijl appeared in 1932 upon the death of Theo Von Doesburg.
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