- Gerrit Rietveld
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birth_name = Gerrit Thomas Rietveld
birth_date = birth date|1888|06|24
birth_place = Utrecht,Netherlands
death_date = death date and age|1964|06|26|1888|06|24
death_place = Utrecht,Netherlands
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resting_place =Soestbergen Cemetery Utrecht,Netherlands
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nationality = Dutch
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known_for =Red and Blue Chair (1917) Schröder House (1924)
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occupation =Furniture design er,architect
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footnotes =Gerrit Thomas Rietveld (
June 24 ,1888 –June 26 ,1964 ) was a Dutchfurniture design er andarchitect .In 1916, Rietveld started his own furniture factory, while studying architecture. Rietveld designed the
Red and Blue Chair in 1917, but changed its colours to the familiar style in 1918 after he became 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 theRietveld Schröder House forTruus Schröder-Schräder , with whom he cooperated. The house, while guided by geometric forms, is asymmetrical. The house in Utrecht is aUNESCO World Heritage Site since 2000.Rietveld broke with the 'De Stijl' movement in 1928 and switched to the
Nieuwe Zakelijkheid . The same year he joined theCongrès Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne .He designed the "Zig-Zag" chair in 1932 and started the design of the
Van Gogh Museum inAmsterdam .External links
* [http://www.centraalmuseum.nl/page.ocl?pageid=85&mode=&version= Rietveld at the Centraal Museum Utrecht]
* [http://www.modernfurnitureclassics.com/index.php/main_page/designers/designer_id/12 www.ModernFurnitureClassics.com Rietveld Bio]
* [http://www.greatbuildings.com/architects/Gerrit_Rietveld.html Great Buildings Online]
* [http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerrit_Rietveld Longer Dutch Wikipedia article]
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