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186: 20: 28: 95:. In 1930, he was commissioned by Jo de Leeuw, owner of the prestigious Dutch department store Metz & Co. to design interiors, window packaging, branding and advertising. For these print materials van der Leck developed a rectilinear, geometrically constructed alphabet. In 1941, he designed a typeface based on this alphabet for the avant garde magazine 110:
movement. In his own words he said: "Mondrian came to my place one day with Doesburg, whom I had never seen before. When Doesburg noticed an abstract painting right on the easel, he exclaimed: 'If that is to be the painting of the future, may I be hanged right now!' Well, a few months later, he was
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After having met Mondrian and van Doesburg and having founded the Stijl movement with them, his style became completely abstract, as did Mondrian's. But after disagreements with Mondrian his abstract style became based on representational images. His painting Triptych is an example, in which he
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painting in precisely that manner. That's the sort of person Doesburg was. No ideas of his own. And a cheat in bargain... ."
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Metz & Co. showroom with wall hangings (left and rear walls) and carpet by Bart van der Leck, and furniture by
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in a shop in Utrecht. An example of his later stained glass work is in the
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Hoek, Els, Marleen Blokhuis, Ingrid Goovaerts, Natalie Kamphuys, et al.
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transformed sketches of a mine in Spain into seemingly abstract shapes.
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Son of a house painter, he started his career learning how to make
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Among the public collections holding works by the artist are:
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Longer biography at Instituut voor Nederlandse Geschiedenis
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Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Otterlo, 1994 (in Dutch).
149: 164: 106:Bart van der Leck claimed to be the father of the 271:. New York, NY: Harry N. Abrams Inc. p. 138. 341: 83:In 1919-1920 he created the interior design for 335:Works in the Kroller-Muller Museum, Otterlo. 279:Rockport Publishers Inc, Gloucester; 1998. 91:estate. The hunting lodge was designed by 230:Learn how and when to remove this message 257: 248: 193:This article includes a list of general 158: 26: 18: 266: 170: 342: 114: 291:Theo van Doesburg: Oeuvre Catalogus. 277:Type: Hot Designers Make Cool Fonts. 179: 13: 199:it lacks sufficient corresponding 14: 401: 315: 260:Mondrian: The Art of Destruction 184: 390:20th-century Dutch male artists 1: 251:De Stijl: the formative years 142: 375:Painters from Utrecht (city) 7: 385:20th-century Dutch painters 10: 406: 380:20th-century Dutch artists 242: 322:Short biography at Codart 267:Seuphor, Michael (1971). 85:St Hubertus Hunting Lodge 258:Blotkamp, Carel (1994). 249:Blotkamp, Carel (1982). 23:Bart van der Leck (1956) 350:Dutch abstract painters 307:Toos van Kooten (ed.). 214:more precise citations. 101:Architype van der Leck 93:Hendrik Petrus Berlage 35: 24: 262:. Reaktion Books Ltd. 137:Kröller-Müller Museum 70:Kröller-Müller Museum 30: 22: 45:– 13 November 1958, 370:Dutch male painters 41:(26 November 1876, 309:Bart van der Leck. 124:Museum de Fundatie 115:Public collections 36: 25: 240: 239: 232: 51:Theo van Doesburg 39:Bart van der Leck 397: 328: 272: 263: 254: 253:. The MIT Press. 235: 228: 224: 221: 215: 210:this article by 201:inline citations 188: 187: 180: 174: 168: 162: 156: 405: 404: 400: 399: 398: 396: 395: 394: 340: 339: 326: 318: 294:Centraal Museum 245: 236: 225: 219: 216: 206:Please help to 205: 189: 185: 178: 177: 169: 165: 159:Blotkamp (1994) 157: 150: 145: 132:The Netherlands 117: 76:, Netherlands. 57:he founded the 33:Gerrit Rietveld 17: 12: 11: 5: 403: 393: 392: 387: 382: 377: 372: 367: 362: 357: 352: 338: 337: 332: 324: 317: 316:External links 314: 313: 312: 305: 287: 275:Haley, Allen. 273: 264: 255: 244: 241: 238: 237: 192: 190: 183: 176: 175: 171:Seuphor (1971) 163: 147: 146: 144: 141: 140: 139: 134: 116: 113: 61:art movement. 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 402: 391: 388: 386: 383: 381: 378: 376: 373: 371: 368: 366: 363: 361: 358: 356: 353: 351: 348: 347: 345: 336: 333: 331: 325: 323: 320: 319: 310: 306: 303: 302:90-6868-255-5 299: 295: 292: 288: 286: 285:1-56496-317-9 282: 278: 274: 270: 269:Piet Mondrian 265: 261: 256: 252: 247: 246: 234: 231: 223: 213: 209: 203: 202: 196: 191: 182: 181: 172: 167: 160: 155: 153: 148: 138: 135: 133: 129: 125: 122: 121: 120: 112: 109: 104: 102: 98: 94: 90: 86: 81: 77: 75: 71: 67: 66:stained glass 62: 60: 56: 55:Piet Mondrian 52: 48: 44: 40: 34: 29: 21: 16:Dutch painter 308: 290: 276: 268: 259: 250: 226: 217: 198: 166: 118: 105: 96: 82: 78: 63: 38: 37: 360:1958 deaths 355:1876 births 212:introducing 108:avant-garde 89:Hoge Veluwe 74:Hoge Veluwe 344:Categories 327:(in Dutch) 195:references 143:References 220:July 2009 87:, in the 365:De Stijl 296:: 2000. 59:De Stijl 47:Blaricum 243:Sources 208:improve 43:Utrecht 300:  283:  197:, but 128:Zwolle 298:ISBN 281:ISBN 97:Flax 53:and 72:in 346:: 151:^ 130:, 126:, 99:. 304:. 233:) 227:( 222:) 218:( 204:. 173:. 161:.

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Gerrit Rietveld
Utrecht
Blaricum
Theo van Doesburg
Piet Mondrian
De Stijl
stained glass
Kröller-Müller Museum
Hoge Veluwe
St Hubertus Hunting Lodge
Hoge Veluwe
Hendrik Petrus Berlage
Architype van der Leck
avant-garde
Museum de Fundatie
Zwolle
The Netherlands
Kröller-Müller Museum


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Seuphor (1971)
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