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Origin and history

The Van Doesburg villa, located in Meudon, Hauts-de-Seine, was designed between 1929 and 1931 by Theo van Doesburg, Dutch artist and co-founder of the De Stijl movement. This artistic current, born in the Netherlands at the beginning of the twentieth century, advocated a geometrical aesthetic, refined and functional, rejecting any superfluous ornaments. The villa embodies these principles by its stripped architecture, marked by straight lines, cubic volumes and a limited chromatic palette, often limited to primary colours.

The technical innovation of the villa lies notably in the use of aluminum carpentry, a material then rarely used in residential construction. Destined to house Theo van Doesburg and his wife, Nelly, the house was completed under the direction of architect A. Elzas after the death of its designer in 1931. Nelly van Doesburg continued to live there, preserving the integrity of this place full of artistic history. The villa was classified as Historic Monument by order of 28 December 1965, recognizing its exceptional heritage value.

Today, owned by an association, Villa Van Doesburg bears witness to the creative audacity of the European avant-gardes of the 1930s. Its official address, 29 Charles-Infroit Street in Meudon, makes it a site accessible to modernist architecture enthusiasts. Although its exact location is sometimes subject to approximations (noted 5/10 in precision), it remains a major milestone in the legacy of the De Stijl movement in France, alongside other emblematic achievements such as the Rietveld house in the Netherlands.

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