Counter-Composition VI

1921–1924 · 工作地

Weimar

1923 · 工作地

Paris

1923

Moves to Paris with Nelly van Moorsel

Van Doesburg moves to Paris together with his future wife Nelly van Moorsel, an artist, pianist and choreographer. His friendship with Mondrian remains strong in these years, though they communicate mainly by letter.

1924

The break with Mondrian and Elementarism

As they interact more closely, the introvert Mondrian and the flamboyant, extravagant van Doesburg fall out over their characters, and in 1924 a temporary split occurs; the usual reason given is the diagonal — Mondrian never accepted it, van Doesburg insisted on its dynamism — though the art historian Carel Blotkamp points to their different concepts of space and time. After the split van Doesburg launches “Elementarism”, built on diagonal lines, as a rival to Mondrian’s Neo-Plasticism.

1924年6月 · 工作地

Belle Île

1924–1930 · 工作地

Clamart