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Biography
The Belgian sculptor, painter and architect, Georges Vantongerloo studied at the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Antwerp between 1900 and 1904 and at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, between 1906 and 1909. In 1915, he met Jules Schmalzigaug who introduced him to the ideas of Cubism and Futurism. His sculptures of this period consist of representations of the human body, whilst his paintings reflect the influence of Pointillism. In 1917, he was co-founder of the De Stijl group. He met Theo van Doesburg and transformed his sculptures into geometrical and biomorphic abstractions. After the First World War, Vantongerloo returned to Brussels and, in 1919, produced two large stone sculptures, Interrelation of Volumes. In 1920, he moved to the south of France where he developed a theory of colour in which the three primary colours, favoured by the De Stjil artists, were replaced by the seven secondary colours. A similar change occurred in his painting. At this time, he concentrated equally on interior design, furniture, ceramics and utopian architectural projects. Vantongerloo distanced himself from De Stjil, but remained faithful to many of its principles, nonetheless. In 1928, he moved to Paris and had a significant role in the emergence of the Cercle et Carré and Abstraction- -Création groups. Between 1937 and 1945, he concentrated exclusively on painting and his return to sculpture, some years later, largely favoured modern materials such as plastic and acrylic. His concern with the concept of space was an ever-present factor in his work.
Exhibitions
Painters of De Stijl / Debut of Abstract Art in Holland: 1917-21 Sidney Janis Gallery, USA 01-01-1951 ~ 31-12-1951
Georges Vantongerloo (NY) Marlborough Fine Art Ltd., Japan 01-01-1962 ~ 31-12-1962
A Travelling Retrospective Exhibition Georges Vantongerloo Washington Corcoran Gallery of Fine Art, USA 01-01-1980 ~ 31-03-1980
A Travelling Retrospective Exhibition Georges Vantongerloo Los Angeles County Museum of Art, USA 01-07-1980 ~ 30-09-1980
A Travelling Retrospective Exhibition Georges Vantongerloo Kunsthaus (Zürich), Switzerland 01-10-1980 ~ 31-12-1980
A Travelling Retrospective Exhibition Georges Vantongerloo Museum of Fine Arts (Dallas), USA 01-04-1980 ~ 30-06-1980
Max Bill, Georges Vantongerloo Annely Juda, Fine Art, United Kingdom 27-06-1996 ~ 12-10-1996
The Thirties Annely Juda, Fine Art, United Kingdom 02-07-1998 ~ 19-09-1998
Georges Vantongerloo (Porxa) Porxa, France 01-01-1936 ~ 31-12-1936
Georges Vantongerloo (Paris) Galerie Bucher, France 01-01-1937 ~ 31-12-1937
Pomar - Autobiography Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 08-05-2004 ~ 07-11-2004
Building/Unbuilding/Inhabit - works of The Berardo Collection Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB), Portugal 29-04-2005 ~ 15-01-2006
Territórios Singulares na Colecção Berardo Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 22-10-2002 ~ 28-02-2003
Colecção Berardo Collection 1917-1999 Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB), Portugal 27-01-2000 ~ 27-08-2000
De Miró à Warhol. La Collection Berardo à Paris Musée du Luxembourg, France 16-10-2008 ~ 22-02-2009
Bibliography
A Travelling Retrospective Exhibition Georges Vantongerloo, 1980 Published by Washington Corcoran Gallery of Fine Art; Los Angeles County Museum of Fine Art and Kunsthaus Zurich
Colecção Berardo Collection 1917-1999, 2000 Published by CCB - Centro Cultural de Belém ISBN 972817652X
E Morto Georges Vantongerloo, 1966 Published by Casabella 301
Georges Vantongerloo, 1962 Published by Marlborough Fine Art Limited
Georges Vantongerloo desde El Stijl a la Aurora Boreal, 1972 Published by Nueva Forma
Max Bill Georges Vantongerloo, 1996 Published by Annely Judda Fine Art
Pomar - Autobiography, 2004 Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo ISBN 9723709066
Territórios Singulares na Colecção Berardo, 2002 Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo ISBN 972974288X
The Thirties, 1998 Published by Annely Judda Fine Art
Vingt ans avant, 1959 Published by Xxe Siècle, Paris, France
XXe Siècle, no. 4/11, 1939
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