Gerrit Rietveld

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Dutch person architect furniture designer human modernist architect

Gerrit Rietveld was a Dutch modernist architect and furniture designer, best known as a leading member of the De Stijl movement and creator of the iconic Red and Blue Chair.

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Gerrit Rietveld furniture 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Dutch person ⓘ
architect ⓘ
furniture designer ⓘ
human ⓘ
modernist architect ⓘ
associatedWith Rietveld Schröder House ⓘ
surface form: Rietveld Schröder House UNESCO World Heritage Site
birthCountry Netherlands ⓘ
birthPlace Utrecht NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Netherlands ⓘ
deathPlace Utrecht NERFINISHED ⓘ
designed Red and Blue Chair ⓘ
surface form: Berlin Chair

Crate furniture series ⓘ
Red and Blue Chair ⓘ
Rietveld Academie building (Amsterdam) ⓘ
Rietveld Pavilion (Kroller-Muller Museum) ⓘ
Rietveld Schröder House ⓘ
Utrecht Chair ⓘ
Zig-Zag Chair ⓘ
employer Gerrit Rietveld’s own architectural practice ⓘ
familyName Rietveld Schröder House ⓘ
surface form: Rietveld
fieldOfWork architecture ⓘ
furniture design ⓘ
industrial design ⓘ
genre avant-garde design ⓘ
givenName Joost ⓘ
surface form: Gerrit
influenced Nieuwe Bouwen ⓘ
surface form: Dutch modern architecture

modern furniture design ⓘ
influencedBy De Stijl ⓘ
surface form: De Stijl principles

Piet Mondrian ⓘ
Theo van Doesburg ⓘ
memberOf De Stijl ⓘ
movement De Stijl ⓘ
Modernism ⓘ
name Gerrit Rietveld self-link ⓘ
nationality Dutch ⓘ
notableWork Red and Blue Chair ⓘ
surface form: Berlin Chair

Red and Blue Chair ⓘ
Rietveld Schröder House ⓘ
Utrecht Chair ⓘ
Van Gogh Museum ⓘ
surface form: Van Gogh Museum (design contribution)

Zig-Zag Chair ⓘ
occupation architect ⓘ
furniture designer ⓘ
industrial designer ⓘ
style geometric abstraction ⓘ
open-plan spatial composition ⓘ
primary colors ⓘ
workLocation Amsterdam ⓘ
Utrecht NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Rietveld Schröder House → architect → Gerrit Rietveld ⓘ
Van Gogh Museum → architect → Gerrit Rietveld ⓘ
Modern architecture → hasKeyFigure → Gerrit Rietveld ⓘ
De Stijl → hasKeyMember → Gerrit Rietveld ⓘ
Hendrik Petrus Berlage → influenced → Gerrit Rietveld ⓘ
Gerrit Rietveld → name → Gerrit Rietveld self-link ⓘ
Centraal Museum → notableCollection → Gerrit Rietveld ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gerrit Rietveld furniture