Gerrit rietveld red and blue chair.
Gerrit rietveld red and blue chair plans.
Part of the de stijl art movement rietveld s furniture was often reduced to just the essentials to make a piece work.
Designed and built in 1918 the original was made from unstained beech.
Home plans dimensions are given both.
Image 1 tongue and groove edging for the plywood before trimming flush.
Gerrit rietveld was a dutch furniture designer and architect that worked in the first half of the 20th century.
In the red blue chair rietveld manipulated rectilinear volumes and examined the interaction of vertical and horizontal planes much as he did in his architecture.
Rietveld later produced versions that were painted or stained black or white.
His 1917 red and blue chair is an icon of modern design.
Although the chair was originally designed in 1918 its color scheme of primary colors red yellow blue plus black so closely associated with the de stijl group and its most famous theorist.
On may 13 2008 a fire destroyed the entire building but the red and blue chair was saved by firefighters.
An outlook shared by piet mondrian whose objective was to seek out the essential nature of things combined with the harmonious equivalence of colours and the use of right angle.
A sculptural seat with a pure and rationalist form this chair became an authentic manifesto for neoplasticism embraced by the dutch de stijl movement in 1917.
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In the red blue chair rietveld manipulated rectilinear volumes and examined the interaction of vertical and horizontal planes in much the same way as he did in his architecture although the chair was originally designed in 1918 its color scheme of primary colors red yellow blue plus black so closely associated with the dutch de stijl art and architecture movement was applied around 1923.
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Rietveld produced his first prototypes in 1918.
It features several rietveld joints.
The red and blue chair was reported to be on loan to the delft university of technology faculty of architecture as part of an exhibition.
It was not until 1923 when inspired by the work of fellow dutchman piet mondrian that he painted it red blue yellow and black.
A version of the chair was sold by christies in 2011 for.
It was gerrit rietveld s iconic red blue chair.
The red blue chair dates from 1918 early in rietveld s career when he had established a furniture business independent of his father and the chair is featured on the cover of more books about rietveld and furniture design in general than any of his many other pieces.
