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
Pieter van der Kruk the Dutch Olympic Committee, and between 1998 and 2002 headed the Dutch antidoping organization NeCeDo (Nederlands Centrum voor Dopingvraagstukken) in Rotterdam. Later he worked as TV sports commentator with Eurosport. Pieter van der Kruk Pieter "Piet" van der Kruk (born 13 August 1941) is a retired Dutch heavyweight weightlifter and shot putter. He won five national weightlifting titles (1964, 1965, 1967–1969) and four shot put titles (1964, 1965, 1967 and 1969), and held the national shot put record from 1967 to 1976. He qualified for the 1968 Summer Olympics both as a shot putter and weightlifter; he chose to compete