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De Stijl – Theo van Doesburg
Theo van Doesburg (1883-1931), the driving force behind De Stijl, was a man of immense talent. He was not only an artist but also a writer, a poet, a typographer, a theorist, an architect, a designer, a performance artist, a teacher, and a photographer. Van Doesburg was exceedingly interested in all artistic disciplines and participated Read more
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De Stijl – Vilmos Huszár
The name Vilmos Huszár may not immediately ring a bell, but the Hungarian-born, naturalized Dutch artist Vilmos Huszár (1884-1960) was a founding member of the revolutionary art community De Stijl. The group, founded in 1917, initially united four artists — Theo van Doesburg, Piet Mondrian, Bart van der Leck, and Vilmos Huszár — each exploring Read more
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De Stijl – Dancing Geometrical Forms
The artists of De Stijl were visionaries. Appalled by the horrors of war, these avant-garde artists sought to establish a new society. De Stijl envisaged a universal language that was neither representational, narrative, nor illustrative. Painting was but one aspect of their creative, revolutionary enterprise. The artistic community embodied architects, philosophers, poets, painters, designers, and Read more
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Polite Dance in the 16th & 17th c. Brothel
In my last post, I suggested that the iconic paintings of dancing peasants by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, his sons, peers, and followers, are so well-known that modern day audiences might overlook the abundance of polite dance images created in The Low Countries during the 16th and early 17th century. The previous post, therefore, delved Read more
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Court Dancing in the Age of Bruegel
Who is not familiar with Pieter Bruegel’s (1525 – 1569) iconic images of peasants dancing, drinking, and making merry? His son, Pieter Brueghel the Younger (1564 – 1638), together with many other Flemish and Dutch artists, emulated and developed the popular peasant theme. In fact, village scenes displaying hefty dancing peasants were so widespread that Read more
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To Rome we go
For the 16th-century artist Rome was the place to be. Dutch and Flemish artists, painters, engravers, and sculptors flocked to the Eternal City intrigued by Roman antiquity, inspired by Italian masters, and inquisitive about many artists, particularly Raphael and Michelangelo. The journey south was hazardous; Pieter Bruegel the Elder, for example, ventured over the Alps Read more
14th century 15th century 16th century 17th century 18th century 19th century 20th century 21st century Adriaen Brouwer Adriaen Pietersz. van de Venne Adriaen van Ostade Albrecht Dürer Alma-Tadema Anthonie Palamedesz. art Arthurian Legends Bal des Ardents ballet Bergen School Bernard Picart Burgundian Court CoBrA Constant Cornelis Dusart Cornelis Massijs dance Dance around the Golden Calf dancers David Ryckaert III David Teniers the Younger David Vinckboons De Stijl Egg dance Else Berg Erhard Schön Frans Francken II Frans Hals Frans Huysmans George Hendrik Breitner Gertrud Leistikow Gillis Mostaert Haarlem Hans Bol Hans Vredeman de Vries Harmen Meurs Henri Braakensiek Herman Bieling Hieronymus Bosch Hieronymus Francken the Younger illuminated manuscript Isaac Israels Isaac van Ostade Jacob Grimmer Jacob Savery I Jacobus van Looy Jan Brueghel the Elder Jan Mandijn & followers Jan Miense Molenaer Jan Sierhuis Jan Sluijters Jan Steen Jan Toorop Jean-Baptiste Vanmour Jean de Wavrin Jean Froissart Karel Appel Karel van Mander Kees Maks Kees van Dongen Leo Gestel Loyset Liédet Maarten van Heemskerck Maastricht Hours Marius Bauer Marten van Cleve Mommie Schwarz Mondrian Paolo Fiammingo/Pauwels Franck Pieter Aertsen Pieter Balten/Peeter Baltens Pieter Bruegel the Elder Pieter Brueghel the Younger Pieter Codde Pieter de Bloot Pieter van der Borcht Pieter van der Heyden Piet Mondrian Piet van der Hem Romance of Alexander Roman de la Rose Rothschild Canticles Salome Sebald Beham Simon Bening Tango Theo van Doesburg Toer van Schayk Vilmos Huszár Vincent van Gogh Willem de Zwart
About me
As a young aspiring dancer I loved to ponder over the magnificent paintings created by Edgar Degas. How his ballerinas inspired me. The atmosphere of the Paris Opera, the beautiful tutus and the hard working dancers never failed to trigger my imagination. As the years past, I retained my love of dance, of Degas, of art, and developed an interest in knowing more about the cross fertilization between art and dance.
DANCE IMAGES IN THE ART OF THE NETHERLANDS 