{{Short description|Belgian artist (1886–1965)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}} '''Georges Vantongerloo''' (24 November 1886, Antwerp – 5 October 1965, Paris) was a Belgian sculptor, painter, designer of furniture and buildings, and founding member of the De Stijl group.<ref name="destijl1986">{{cite book |last1=Vantongerloo |first1=Georges |title=De Stijl, the formative years |date=1986 |publisher=The Massachusetts Institute of Technology |pages=229-257}}</ref>
==Life== From 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.
Vantongerloo's articles, published in the periodical ''De Stijl'' between September 1918 and October 1920 and known as "Réflexions", compare art with nature and address the aims of the arts and the artist.<ref name="destijl1986"/>
His pamphlet ''L'Art et Son Avenir'' <ref>{{cite book |last1=Georges |first1=Vantongerloo |title=L'Art Et Son Avenir |date=1924 |publisher=Antwerp:"De Sikkel"; Santpoort: C.A. Mees |url=https://archive.org/details/l-art-et-son-avenir-vantongerloo-1924_202411 |access-date=15 November 2024}}</ref> was published in 1924 and includes his essay "Unité", which examines vibrations and the colour spectrum of light.<ref name="destijl1986"/>
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== After 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 Foundation'' <ref>{{cite web |title=Max Bill Georges Vantongerloo Foundation |url=https://www.maxbill.ch/pagina.php?2,5,5, |website=Haus Bill}}</ref> to support the legacy of both artists. On the art market, the estate has been represented by Hauser & Wirth since 2019.<ref>Alex Greenberger (January 16, 2019), [https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/hauser-wirth-now-reps-foundation-estates-max-bill-georges-vantongerloo-11700/ Hauser & Wirth Now Reps Foundation for Estates of Max Bill and Georges Vantongerloo] ''ARTnews''.</ref>
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==Further reading== * {{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/l-art-et-son-avenir-vantongerloo-1924_202411|title=L'Art et Son Avenir|first=Georges|last=Vantongerloo|location=Belgium, Netherlands|publisher=Antwerp:"De Sikkel"; Santpoort: C.A. Mees|year=1924}} * {{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/art-and-its-future-vantongerloo-1924/mode/2up|title=Art And Its Future|first=Georges|last=Vantongerloo|location=Belgium, Netherlands|publisher=Antwerp:"De Sikkel"; Santpoort: C.A. Mees|year=1924}} * {{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/data-1968-georges-vantongerloo|title=Essays by Georges Vantongerloo|first=Georges|last=Vantongerloo|publisher=New York Graphic Society|year=1968}} * {{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/paintingssculptu0000vant/mode/2up|title=Paintings, Sculptures, Reflections|first=Georges|last=Vantongerloo|location=New York|publisher=Wittenborn, Schultz Inc.|year=1948}} * {{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/cor5_0_s06_ss01_boxrg5_0_2008_015_f22/page/n5/mode/2up |title=Georges Vantongerloo: A traveling Retrospective Exhibition|first=Georges|last=Vantongerloo|publisher=Ministry of Flemish Culture|year=1980}}
==External links== * {{cite web |last1=Vantongerloo |first1=Georges |title=Biography |url=https://vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/en/creators/georges-vantongerloo |website=flemishartcollection.be |access-date=19 November 2024}} * {{cite web |title=Georges Vantongerloo |url=https://www.hauserwirth.com/viewing-room/georges-vantongerloo/ |website=Hauser + Wirth |access-date=23 November 2024}} * {{cite web |title=Georges Vantongerloo |url=https://www.maxbill.ch/pagina.php?2,2,0, |website=Haus Bill |access-date=23 November 2024}} * {{cite web |title=Georges Vantongerloo: A Retrospective |url=https://archive.org/details/vorwort-georges-vantongerloo-katalog |website=Internet Archive |access-date=29 November 2024}}
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