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DiaporamaRed/Blue Chair (Rood Blauwe Stoel)
gerrit thomas rietveld (1888 – 1964)
Explore the iconic designs of Gerrit Rietveld, a Dutch architect & furniture designer known for De Stijl movement contributions like the Red/Blue Chair. Discover his innovative approach to modernism and spatial design.
High Museum of Art (Atlanta, United States of America)
The High Museum of Art stands as a beacon illuminating Atlanta’s artistic landscape, boasting an impressive collection encompassing 19th-century American decorative arts alongside groundbreaking contemporary art. Its striking white enamel facade and innovative roof system create a serene backdrop for experiencing art history and fostering community engagement.
The Red/Blue Chair is perhaps the most influential and recognizable furniture design of the twentieth century because it redefined traditional notions of form and space within the confines of a practical household object. This design blurred the boundaries between painting, sculpture, and architecture. By reducing form to a series of planes and boundaries delineating space but not containing it, Rietveld erased the isolation of the object in space and gave movement to static form. His use of primary colors negated the natural form of the material and objectified the whole. This concept is often referred to as neoplasticism and was the major tenet of the De Stijl movement in Holland in the early twentieth century.
About this artwork
- Title: Red/Blue Chair (Rood Blauwe Stoel)
- Artist: gerrit thomas rietveld
- Format: Portrait
- Copyright status: Under copyright
- Where to see it: High Museum of Art
- Color intensity: Monochromatic
- Perceived brightness: bright
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