Bart van der Leck

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Abstract Expressionism

1876-1958, Bart van der Leck




















Bart van der Leck (26 November 1876, Utrecht - 13 November 1958, Blaricum) was a Dutch painter, designer, and ceramacist. With Theo van Doesburg and Piet Mondrian he founded the De Stijl art movement.

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