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1. Gerrit Rietveld. Red Blue Chair. 1918–1923 | MoMA
Link: https://www.moma.org/collection/works/4044
Description: WebGerrit Rietveld. Red Blue Chair. 1918–1923. Painted wood. 34 1/8 x 26 x 33" (86.7 x 66 x 83.8 cm), seat h. 13" (33 cm). Gift of Philip Johnson. 487.1953. © 2024 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / Beeldrecht, Amsterdam. Architecture and Design.
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2. Red and Blue Chair - Wikipedia
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_and_Blue_Chair
Description: WebHeight. 88 cm (35 in) Width. 66 cm (26 in) Depth. 83 cm (33 in) The Red and Blue Chair is a chair designed in 1917 by Gerrit Rietveld. It represents one of the first explorations by the De Stijl art movement in three dimensions. It was not …
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3. The Story Behind The Iconic Zig-Zag Chair | Architectural Digest
Link: https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/the-story-behind-the-iconic-zig-zag-chair
Description: WebMar 24, 2018 · How Gerrit Rietveld’s witty 1930s design for the masses became one of today’s most collectible—and comfortable—seats. By Hannah Martin. March 24, 2018. At Donald Judd’s Manhattan ...
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4. The Story Behind Gerrit Rietveld's Iconic Armchair
Link: https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/the-story-behind-gerrit-rietvelds-iconic-armchair
Description: WebMar 18, 2022 · TREVOR TONDRO. The best-known designs by Gerrit Rietveld—his circa 1920s De Stijl Red Blue chair, his 1930s Zig-Zag seat—do not exactly scream comfort. In fact, the Dutch architect often...
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5. Gerrit Rietveld. Steltman chair. 1963 | MoMA
Link: https://www.moma.org/collection/works/195883
Description: WebGerrit Rietveld. Steltman chair. 1963. Oak. 28 × 19 × 17 1/2" (71.1 × 48.3 × 44.5 cm). Gift of the Estate of David Teiger. 1076.2015. Architecture and Design
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6. Gerrit Rietveld - Wikipedia
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerrit_Rietveld
Description: WebRed and Blue Chair in the Museum für Angewandte Kunst in Cologne. Rietveld designed his Red and Blue Chair in 1917 which has become an iconic piece of modern furniture. Hoping that much of his furniture would eventually be mass-produced rather than handcrafted, Rietveld aimed for simplicity in construction. [4]
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7. Furniture - Rietveld Stichting
Link: https://gerrit-rietveld.nl/rietveld/furniture/?lang=en
Description: WebChairs. BENCH CHAIR, 1908. In the following years he designed several pieces of furniture, which were even more simple and sleek. In doing so, he was looking for ‘the new’, as he later described it. The Bench Chair from 1908 is a design in which all superfluous components were left out. He used cheap pinewood and simple constructions.
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8. Red/Blue Chair (Rood Blauwe Stoel) - Gerrit Thomas Rietveld — …
Link: https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/red-blue-chair-rood-blauwe-stoel/hgHsRdkhFINrkg?hl=en-GB&avm=2
Description: WebDetails. Title: Red/Blue Chair (Rood Blauwe Stoel) Creator: Gerrit Thomas Rietveld. Creator lifespan: 1888/1964. Creator's nationality: Dutch. Creator's gender: M. Date: 1918/1923.
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9. Gerrit Rietveld | Zig Zag Stoel | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Link: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/495195
Description: WebZig Zag Stoel. Composed of four flat wood boards articulated end to end to form a Z-shape, Rietveld’s chair rejects conventional chair features: two arms, four legs, and a padded seat. Each board joins the next at mathematically precise angles with a bare minimum of supports and nuts and bolts.
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10. Gerrit Rietveld: the designer and his collection | Rietveld Originals
Link: https://rietveldoriginals.com/en/pages/gerrit-rietveld
Description: WebRietveld's 1919 slatted chair received great appreciation from De Stijl, under whose influence Rietveld painted the chair red and blue around 1923. Rietveld joined De Stijl and wrote regularly in their magazine. Rietveld became part …
