Theo van Doesburg by then already gained some attention with his paintings. Van Doesburg saw in these paintings his ideal in painting: a complete abstraction of reality. Soon after the exposition Van Doesburg got in contact with Mondrian, and together with related artists Bart van der Leck, , Vilmos Huszár and Jacobus Oud they founded the magazine "De Stijl" in 1917. Although De Stijl was made up of many members, Van Doesburg was the "ambassador" of the movement, promoting it across Europe. He moved to Weimar in 1922, deciding to make an impression on the Bauhaus principal, Walter Gropius, in order to spread
Vrancke van der Stockt often reproduce motifs from paintings by Van der Weyden with only minor alterations, as is evidenced by "Kneeling Donor with Saint John the Baptist", now in the collection of the Allen Memorial Art Museum, in which the figure of the saint closely resembles that in Van der Weyden's "Medici Madonna". His "Pietà" is likewise modelled on van der Weyden's "Pietà". Although he was primarily a painter, Van der Stockt also completed cartoons for embroideries and tapestries and designs for woodcuts. None of Van der Stockt's works are documented; rather, they have been attributed to him based on their stylistic relationship