Gerrit Rietveld
- Introduction
- Gerrit Thomas Rietveld (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɣɛrɪt ˈtoːmɑs ˈritvɛlt]; 24 June 1888 – 25 June 1964) was a Dutch furniture designer and architect. One of the principal members of the Dutch artistic movement called De Stijl, Rietveld is famous for his Red and Blue Chair and for the Rietveld Schröder House, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- Wikidata
- Q160435
- Introduction
- Born 24 June 1888; died 25 June 1964. Rietveld apprenticed in his father's cabinet-making shop in Utrecht from 1899 to 1906. He worked as a draughtsman or a designer at C.J. Begeer's Jewellery Studio, Utrecht from 1906 to 1911. During this time, he studied drawing at the Municipal Evening School, Utrecht, architectural drawing with P. Houtzagers, and architecture with P.J. Klaarhamer. He was in private practice as a cabinetmaker from 1911 to 1919, and then as an architect. He was also an instructor in industrial and architectural design from 1942 to 1958. In 1960 or 1961, Rietveld formed the partnership Rietveld, van Dillen, en van Tricht with J. van Dillen and J. van Tricht. Rietveld was a member of the de Stijl Group. Dutch architect.
- Nationalities
- Dutch, Netherlandish
- Gender
- Male
- Roles
- Artist, Architect, Designer, Teacher, Furniture Designer
- Names
- Gerrit Thomas Rietveld, Gerrit Rietveld
- Ulan
- 500009183
Exhibitions
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513: Design for Modern Life
Through summer 2021
MoMA
Collection gallery
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How Should We Live? Propositions for the Modern Interior
Oct 1, 2016–Apr 23, 2017
MoMA
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Making Music Modern: Design for Ear and Eye
Nov 15, 2014–Jan 18, 2016
MoMA
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Designing Modern Women 1890–1990
Oct 5, 2013–Oct 19, 2014
MoMA
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Painting and Sculpture Changes 2013
Jan 1–Dec 31, 2013
MoMA
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Gerrit Rietveld has
26 exhibitionsonline.
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Gerrit Rietveld Prototype for Red/Blue Chair 1917-18
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Gerrit Rietveld Red Blue Chair 1918–1923
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Gerrit Rietveld Military Side Chair 1923
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Gerrit Rietveld Piano Stool 1923
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Gerrit Rietveld Stool 1923-24
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Gerrit Rietveld Beugel (Bow) Child's Chair 1927–1930
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Gerrit Rietveld Zig-Zag Chair 1934
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Gerrit Rietveld Table Lamp Designed 1925 (this example 1953)
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Gerrit Rietveld Hoge Stoel Highback Chair 1919
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Gerrit Rietveld Rietveld, Centra Museum Utrecht 1958
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Gerrit Rietveld Rietveld, Central Museum Utrecht 1958
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Gerrit Rietveld Child's Wheelbarrow 1923
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Gerrit Rietveld Pew for Cornerstone Church 1963
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Gerrit Rietveld Steltman chair 1963
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Gerrit Rietveld Zig-Zag Chair 1934
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Gerrit Rietveld, Mrs. Truus Schröder-Schräder Schröder House, Utrecht, The Netherlands 1924 (model 1965)
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Gerrit Rietveld Hanging Lamp Designed 1920 (this example 1982)
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Gerrit Rietveld Side Table 1923
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