Gerrit Rietveld

Gerrit Rietveld

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(Utrecht June 24 1888 – Utrecht June 26 1964), was a Dutch designer, architect and cabinet maker.

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In 1911, Rietveld started his own furniture factory, while studying architecture. Rietveld designed the 'Red and Blue Chair' in 1918, influenced by the 'De Stijl' movement, of which he became a member in 1919, the same year in which he became an architect. In 1924 he designed the Schr?der house for Truus Schr?der-Schr?der, with whom he cooperated. The house is located in Utrecht. The house, while guided by geometric forms, is asymmetrical.

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Rietveld broke with the 'De Stijl' movement in 1928 and switched to the Nieuwe Zakelijkheid. The same year he joined the Congres Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne.

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He designed the 'Zig-Zag' chair in 1934 and started the design of the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.

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June 24: June 24 is the 175th day of the year (176th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 190 days remaining....

1888: 1888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). In Germany, 1888 is known as the 1888 Year of Three Emperors....