Window from a School in Drachten
| Artist | Theo van Doesburg (Dutch, 1883–1931) |
|---|---|
| Title | Window from a School in Drachten |
| Date | 1920–1922 |
| Medium | Stained glass |
| Dimensions | Object: 52 × 15 1/2 × 1 3/8 in. (132.1 × 39.4 × 3.5 cm) Overall: 57 7/8 × 21 5/8 × 3 1/16 in. (147 × 54.9 × 7.8 cm) |
| Credit Line | Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University |
| Accession Number | 75.85.1 |
| This artwork is currently on view. | |
Stained glass with a geometric design of blue, red, yellow, and clear squares and rectangles set within a rectangular frame-within-a-frame. The rectangles and squares are separated by black lines.
In 1915, while serving in World War I, Theo van Doesburg discovered the work of Piet Mondrian, whose paintings were comprised of primary colors, geometric forms, and straight lines. Van Doesburg became an adherent to Mondrian’s aesthetic theories, advancing them through his journal De Stijl, which he founded in 1917. Van Doesburg’s stained glass designs, such as this window designed for a girls‘ school in the Dutch town of Drachten, exemplifies the De Stijl aesthetic. Like the Russian Constructivists, De Stijl artists based their designs on mathematical principles, imbuing their work with an impersonal, but visually harmonious, sensibility.
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"Window from a School in Drachten | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2025. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=75.85.1