Georges Vantongerloo

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Georges Vantongerloo (born November 24, 1886 in Antwerp , † October 5, 1965 in Paris ) was a Belgian painter, sculptor and architect. He is considered to be one of the most important representatives of abstract painting in Europe.

Vantongerloo turned to non-representationalism in 1917 and was, alongside the Dutch painters Piet Mondrian , Theo van Doesburg , Bart van der Leck and others, signatories of the first manifesto and co-founder of the artist group De Stijl .

In contrast to Mondrian, who demanded a strict image structure and only declared rectangles, i.e. horizontal and vertical lines, as permissible, and van Doesburg, who also included diagonals in his compositions, Vantongerloo soon deviated from this strict conception and referred to other geometric forms such as Circles, ovals and arcs. In addition to the primary colors, he also used mixed colors. With this he moved away from the puristic De Stijl artists and left the group in 1921.

Cubist Shield of R-26 (1930)

Temporarily residing in Menton , the artist settled in Paris in 1928, where he was a founding member of the Abstraction-Création artist movement in 1931 together with Theo van Doesburg, Naum Gabo , Auguste Herbin and Antoine Pevsner .

Factory selection

  • 1930: Composition in a square with yellow-green-blue-indigo-blue-orange , oil on canvas, 50 × 50 cm, Switzerland, Weinberg Foundation

literature

  • Angela Thomas : Denkbilder - materials for the development of Georges Vantongerloo up to 1921 - taking into account the correspondence with Theo van Doesburg and Piet Mondrian , Düsseldorf 1987, ISBN 3-921420-31-8 .
  • Georges Vantongerloo - From Sculpture to Architectural Model . In: Markus Stegmann: Architectural Sculpture in the 20th Century. Historical aspects and work structures , Tübingen 1995, page 96.
  • Georges Vantongerloo: L'Art et son avenir. 1924
  • Georges Vantongerloo and his circles from Mondrian to Bill. , Scheidegger & Spiess Zurich 2009, ISBN 978-3-85881-294-0
  • Georges Vantongerloo 1886-1965. Un pionnier de la sculpture modern. Gallimard, Paris 2008, ISBN 978-2070119165
  • Georges Vantongerloo: A longing for infinity. Museo nacional centro de arte Reina Sofia, Madrid 2009, ISBN 978-84-8026-400-6

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personal data
SURNAME Vantongerloo, Georges
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian painter, sculptor and architect
DATE OF BIRTH November 24, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH Antwerp
DATE OF DEATH October 5, 1965
Place of death Paris