Theo van Doesburg was a Dutch artist who executed in painting, writing, poetry and architecture. Doesburg used to consider himself as a modern painter in his earlier days as his style and subject matter was purely influenced by Vincent van Gogh. Through his painting he was able to identify that there is a higher and more spiritual level in painting which emerges from the mind instead of every day to day life resulting in abstraction being the only logical outcome. Doesburg also designed houses for artists apart from painting. He also took on designing and decorating of spaces.
In Doesburgs paintings he discovered that his ideal in painting was the complete abstraction of reality. This led him to create and become the founder of De Stijl magazine
