Northwest Corner of 114 and 13

Contra-Composition of Dissonances, Theo van Doesburg, 1925.

Medium: Oil Paint

Style: Abstract

The artist was born Christian Emil Marie Küpper, but changed his name when he became a self-taught painter. Theo van Doesburg developed a new art movement called De Stijl ("the style" in Dutch), which focused on using shapes and primary colors, like in this painting.

Van Doesburg was inspired by Wassily Kandinsky who made him realize that there was a more spiritual level in painting that comes from the mind rather than from everyday life, which led him logically to a career in abstraction.