Mathieu Hubertus Josephus Schoenmaekers (13 December 1875, Maastricht - 18 December 1944, Laren) was a former Catholic priest, philosopher and theosophist who developed an esoteric philosophy called Christosophy.
He published two influential books in Holland, Het Nieuwe Wereldbeeld (The New Worldview)[1] in 1915 and Beginselen der beeldende wiskunde (Principles of 'Plastic' Mathematics)[2] in 1916, which influenced Piet Mondrian and the art movement of Neoplasticism and the De Stijl group".[3][4]
Sources
editBiography at the Institute for Dutch History (in Dutch)
References
edit- ^ Schoenmaekers, M.H.J. (1915). Het Nieuwe Wereldbeeld. Internet Archive: Bussum, C.A.J. van Dishoeck.
- ^ Schoenmaekers, M.H.J. (1916). Beginselen der beeldende wiskunde. Internet Archive: Bussum, C.A.J. van Dishoeck.
- ^ Mondrian, Piet (1937). "Plastic Art and Pure Plastic Art (Figurative Art and Non-Figurative Art) in CIRCLE". Internet Archive: Faber and Faber. pp. 41–56. ISBN 0-571-09552-6.
- ^ Overy, Paul (1991). De Stijl. Internet Archive: Thames and Hudson. pp. 41–42.