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Lot Essay
According to the present owner the present lot was acquired by his father before his marriage in 1925.
Theodoor Karel van Lohuizen (1890-1956) was a talented cityplanner. Through his work in Rotterdam and Amsterdam he got into close contact with J.J.P. Oud (1890-1963) and Cornelis van Eesteren (1897-1988). The latter with whom Van Lohuizen worked from 1929 until 1959 designing the Algemeen Uitbreidingsplan van Amsterdam.
The Dutch group De Stijl was founded in 1917 by Theo van Doesburg (1883-1931), J.J.P. Oud and Jan Wils (1891-1972) and the name has come to represent the common aims and utopian vision of a loose affiliation of Dutch and international artists and architects. The central figures of De Stijl -Van Doesburg and Piet Mondrian- strove for a universal form that would correspond to their spiritual vision. Other artists affiliated with De Stijl include Vilmos Huszar, Gerrit Rietveld, Bart van der Leck and Georges Vantongerloo.
Theodoor Karel van Lohuizen (1890-1956) was a talented cityplanner. Through his work in Rotterdam and Amsterdam he got into close contact with J.J.P. Oud (1890-1963) and Cornelis van Eesteren (1897-1988). The latter with whom Van Lohuizen worked from 1929 until 1959 designing the Algemeen Uitbreidingsplan van Amsterdam.
The Dutch group De Stijl was founded in 1917 by Theo van Doesburg (1883-1931), J.J.P. Oud and Jan Wils (1891-1972) and the name has come to represent the common aims and utopian vision of a loose affiliation of Dutch and international artists and architects. The central figures of De Stijl -Van Doesburg and Piet Mondrian- strove for a universal form that would correspond to their spiritual vision. Other artists affiliated with De Stijl include Vilmos Huszar, Gerrit Rietveld, Bart van der Leck and Georges Vantongerloo.