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Died. 25 June 1964. (1964-06-25) (aged 76) Utrecht, Netherlands. Occupation (s) Furniture designer and architect. Gerrit Rietveld (24 June 1888 – 25 June 1964) was a Dutch furniture designer and architect.
After the war, Gerrit Rietveld had to make a living through exhibition design and teaching for several years. It wasn’t until the 1950s that he started receiving architectural commissions again. An appointment as director of the Institute for Arts and Crafts Education in Amsterdam, the later Rietveld Academie, did not go ahead.
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Apr 4, 2024 · Gerrit Thomas Rietveld was a Dutch architect and furniture designer notable for his application of the tenets of the de Stijl movement. He was an apprentice in his father’s cabinetmaking business from 1899 to 1906 and later studied architecture in Utrecht.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Considered to be the preeminent architectural manifestation of the De Stijl movement, the house is the creation of a total living environment based on Mrs. Schröder-Schräder’s ideas about modern living and Rietveld’s spatial explorations.
- June 24, 1888
- Gerrit Thomas Rietveld
- June 25, 1964
- Netherlands
Feb 27, 2021 · Gerrit Thomas Rietveld was a Dutch architect, furniture maker, and designer. He was born in Utrecht. Probably the most innovative and avant-garde designer of his time, Rietveld’s furniture designs were ground-breaking visually and from a production standpoint. Even 90 years later, his chairs look as fascinating as they did in the 20s and 30s.
(1888-1964) Gerrit Rietveld (Utrecht 24 June 1888 - 25 June 1964) learned the craft of furniture making at an early age in his father's traditional furniture workshop. Later, he apprenticed as an architect and came into contact with members of the De Stijl art movement such as Robert van 't Hoff, Bart van der Leck and Theo van Doesburg.
In the dynamic period of the avant-garde in the art world, Gerrit Rietveld developed from a furniture maker to an architect. In total he designed and realised more than 100 residential houses, ten larger buildings and three social housing projects.
