Twentieth Century
Around 1905-1910 pointillism as practiced by Jan Sluyters, Piet Mondrian and Leo Gestel was flourishing. Between 1911 and 1914 all the latest art movements arrived in the Netherlands one after another including cubism, futurism and expressionism. After World War I, De Stijl (the style) was led by Theo van Doesburg and Piet Mondrian and promoted a pure art, consisting only of vertical and horizontal lines, and the use of primary colors.
The Design Academy was established in 1947.
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Henk Helmantel (1969)
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Matthijs Roling (1997)
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Gerrit Rietveld (1917)
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Leo Gestel (1913)
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John Rädecker (1950)
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Theo van Doesburg (1917)
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Aldo van Eyck and Hannie van Eyck (1989)
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Jan Snoeck (2001)
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