Which late nineteenth-century movement of young Dutch poets led by Willem Kloos launched the journal De Nieuwe Gids under the banner of 'l'art pour l'art'?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. De Tachtigers
- Step 1: The Movement of Eighty (De Tachtigers), including Willem Kloos, Lodewijk van Deyssel and Frederik van Eeden, founded De Nieuwe Gids in 1885. Step 2. Kloos formulated their aesthetic creed: art must be the passionate, individualistic expression of emotion, rejecting bourgeois moralism. Answer: De Tachtigers. Why not the others: De Vijftigers emerged post-WWII; Forum was Du Perron and Ter Braak's 1930s circle; De Stijl was Theo van Doesburg's artistic movement.
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