A major protagonist of the avant-garde de Stijl movement along with Piet Mondrian, Gerrit Rietveld’s (1888-1964) experimental and unconventional work radically changed the development of architecture and design in the twentieth century
Rietveld’s two best known works, the Red-Blue chair and the Schröder House, have influenced generations of architects and designers
Richly illustrated with photographs, drawings, paintings and archival materials showing every period of Rietveld’s work and life, including many previously unpublished images
Publication will coincide with the opening of a major retrospective exhibition at the Centraal Museum, Utrecht, The Netherlands, in Autumn 2010
