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de Stijl [Du.,=the style], Dutch nonfigurative art movement, also called neoplasticism. In 1917 a group of artists, architects, and poets was organized under the name de Stijl, and a journal of the same name was initiated. The leaders of the movement were the artists Theo van Doesburg and Piet Mondrian . They advocated a purification of art, eliminating subject matter in favor of vertical and horizontal elements, and the use of primary colors and noncolors. Their austerity of expression influenced architects, principally J. J. P. Oud and Gerrit Rietveld . The movement lasted until 1931; in architecture a few de Stijl principles are still applied.

Bibliography: See study by H. L. C. Jaffé (1968).

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Stijl, De (Dutch, ‘The Style’) Group of modern artists that originated in the Netherlands in 1917. They were associated with the eponymous art periodical co-founded by Piet Mondrian and Theo van Doesburg. De Stijl's aesthetic was an austere use of bold, vertical and horizontal lines, often breaking up primary colours. It was especially influential in architecture, informing the work of Gerrit Rietveld.

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