Cesar Domela, Neoplastic Composition No. 5-1, 1926, oil on canvas. From 1924, Domela was a strict observer of De Stijl movement, producing work according to the general principles of neo-plasticism. The economy of the image, the use of the rectangular plane and the opposition of straight lines are apparent in his work, as shown by the geometrical abstraction of his landscapes and even more radical non-figurative work created in 1923. As early as 1925 he nevertheless shook up neo-plasticism as attested by the neoplastic Composition No. 5-1. It uses in particular the oblique and does not respect


Cesar Domela, Neoplastic Composition No. 5-1, 1926, oil on canvas. From 1924, Domela was a strict observer of De Stijl movement, producing work according to the general principles of neo-plasticism. The economy of the image, the use of the rectangular plane and the opposition of straight lines are apparent in his work, as shown by the geometrical abstraction of his landscapes and even more radical non-figurative work created in 1923. As early as 1925 he nevertheless shook up neo-plasticism as attested by the neoplastic Composition No. 5-1. It uses in particular the oblique and does not respect the distribution of colors and non-colors, and as a result creates a certain depth.


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