Bench for De Hoeksteen Church, Uithoorn, NL
1963 · Lacquered steel / parana pine
78 x 216 x 66,5 cm
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Gerrit Rietveld
Dutch
FurnitureNeoplasticismCubismAbstract Art
Representation
None documented
17
Institutional Exhibitions
37
Works in Collection
473
Assets Indexed
65
Authority-backed Facts
20
Publications Referenced
100%
Profile Completeness
Cultural Positioning
Movements
- • Neoplasticism
- • Cubism
- • Abstract Art
- • Geometric Abstraction
- • De Stijl
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Selected Institutional Exhibitions
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Art of the Twenties
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1979–1980
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Recent Acquisitions: Architecture and Design
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1979
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The Graphic Revolution: 1915�1935
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1977
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Furniture from the Design Collection: Thonet, Guimard, Wright, and Rietveld
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1975
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Architectural Models from the Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1974
About
Why this artist matters now
Gerrit Rietveld was a Dutch furniture designer and architect whose geometric abstractions defined the De Stijl movement. Working primarily in wood, metal, and primary colors, he created functional objects and spaces that dissolved the boundary between art and utility through rigorous orthogonal composition. His Red and Blue Chair, designed in 1923, exemplifies his belief that industrial design could embody universal principles of order and harmony. Rietveld's architectural work, including the Rietveld Schröder House in Utrecht, applied the same vocabulary of intersecting planes and primary hues to domestic space.
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Movement
Neoplasticism
Medium
Furniture
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12 in graph
Institutional
Museum Collections
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Artworks (37)
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Movements and affiliations
Institutional
Representation & Collections
In collection
Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
In collection
Cleveland Museum of Art
In collection
Victoria and Albert Museum
Background
Education
Johannes Cornelis Rietveld furniture workshop, Utrecht
apprenticeship (biographical record), furniture making · 1917
P.J.C. Klaarhamer studio, Utrecht
architecture course (operator brief), architecture · 1915
C.J. Begeer (jeweller), Utrecht
drafting course (operator brief), technical drafting / jewellery design · 1911
C.J. Begeer (jeweller), Utrecht
drafting (biographical record), technical drafting / jewellery design · 1911
P.J.C. Klaarhamer studio, Utrecht
evening lessons (biographical record), architecture · 1910
Johannes Cornelis Rietveld furniture workshop, Utrecht
apprenticeship (operator brief), furniture making · 1906
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Selected Credits
14 total
1975Furniture from the Design Collection: Thonet, Guimard, Wright, and Rietveld — Museum of Modern Artexhibition
1953Recent Acquisitions, 1946�1953: Department of Architecture and Design — Museum of Modern Artexhibition
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