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Theo van Doesburg....  n 3 August 1883 Christiaan Emil Maria Küpper was born in Utrecht. Shortly after his birth father Wilhelm Küpper left his family for his birthplace Cologne, where he died in 1893. Christiaan grew up with his mother and stepfather. Theodorus Doesburg had already been a friend of the family for many years and presumably also the biological father of Christiaan. It is probably for this reason that Christiaan later changed his name with the addition of the word "van" (of) as a reference to his descent. Under the name Theo van Doesburg he attended highschool and for while theatre school. When he developed ambitions as a writer and painter his parents weren't very enthusiastic. This was a reason for Theo to leave his parental home at the age of 18.Aside from the name Theo van Doesburg he used two pseudonyms. I.K. Bonset probably is an anagram for "Ik ben sot" (I am crazy), which he used to sign his dadaist peoms and activities.The pseudonym Aldo Camini was used to sign his anti-philosophical activities as a critic. After the mobilisation of WW I Van Doesburg stayed in 1916 with his mother in Haarlem, after which he moved to Leiden. |
 
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