Theo van Doesburg Theo van Doesburg Theo van Doesburg (, 30 August 1883 – 7 March 1931) was a Dutch artist, who practiced painting, writing, poetry and architecture. He is best known as the founder and leader of De Stijl. He was married to artist, pianist and choreographer Nelly van Doesburg. Theo van Doesburg was born Christian Emil Marie Küpper on 30 August 1883, in Utrecht, the Netherlands, as the son of the photographer and Henrietta Catherina Margadant. After a short training in acting and singing he decided to become a painter. He always regarded his stepfather, Theodorus Doesburg, to be his natural
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