Georges Vantongerloo (24 November 1886, Antwerp – 5 October 1965, Paris) was a Belgian abstract sculptor and painter and founding member of the De Stijl group.[1]
Life
editFrom 1905 to 1909 Vantongerloo studied Fine Art at the Fine Art Academies in Antwerp and Brussels. Conscripted into World War I, he was wounded in a gas attack and discharged from the army in 1914. In 1916 he met Theo van Doesburg, and the following year he was a co-signator of the first manifesto of the De Stijl group. His pamphlet L'Art et Son Avenir [2] was published in 1924 and in 1927 Vantongerloo moved to Paris and began a correspondence with the Belgian Prime Minister, Henri Jaspar, in relation to the design of a bridge over the Scheldt at Antwerp. In 1930 he joined the Cercle et Carré group in Paris, and a year later he was a founding member of Abstraction-Création.
From 1955 Vantongerloo had a long friendship with the Swedish sculptor Gert Marcus.
Legacy
editOnce Vantongerloo died in 1965, Max Bill, a close friend of his, began advocating for him. Bill's widow, the art historian Angela Thomas Schmid, set up the Max Bill Georges Vantongerloo Stiftung to support the legacy of both artists. On the art market, the estate has been represented by Hauser & Wirth since 2019.[3]
References
edit- ^ Vantongerloo, Georges. "Biography". Annely Juda Fine Art. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
- ^ Georges, Vantongerloo (1924). L'Art Et Son Avenir. Antwerp:"De Sikkel"; Santpoort: C.A. Mees. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
- ^ Alex Greenberger (January 16, 2019), Hauser & Wirth Now Reps Foundation for Estates of Max Bill and Georges Vantongerloo ARTnews.
Further reading
edit- Vantongerloo, Georges (1924). L'Art et Son Avenir. Belgium, Netherlands: Antwerp:"De Sikkel"; Santpoort: C.A. Mees.
- Vantongerloo, Georges (1924). Art And Its Future. Belgium, Netherlands: Antwerp:"De Sikkel"; Santpoort: C.A. Mees.
External links
edit- Georges Vantongerloo in American public collections, on the French Sculpture Census website
- Georges, Vantongerloo. "For a New World". Exhibitions. Kunstmuseum Den Haag. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
- Georges, Vantongerloo. "Biography". flemishartcollection.be. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
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