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Artists›Georges Vantongerloo

Georges Vantongerloo

Georges Vantongerloo

Artist

PrintmakingCubismDe StijlAbstract Art

Representation

None documented

13

Institutional Exhibitions

20

Works in Collection

32

Assets Indexed

1

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

Movements

• Cubism
• De Stijl
• Abstract Art
• Geometric Abstraction
• Constructivism

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Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Contrasts of Form: Geometric Abstract Art, 1910�1980

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1985–1986

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Art of the Twenties

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1979–1980

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Abstraction-Cr�ation, Art Non-Figuratif

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1977

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Philadelphia in New York: 90 Modern Works from the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1972–1973

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Ways of Looking

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1971

About

Why this artist matters now

Georges Vantongerloo was a Belgian sculptor and painter who worked with geometric abstraction and mathematical systems throughout the twentieth century. He explored three-dimensional form through carved wood, stone, and bronze, as well as constructed works in metal and plastic that embodied principles of proportion and spatial harmony. His practice bridged sculpture and painting through a rigorous engagement with linear perspective and architectural space. Vantongerloo's work was central to the development of constructivist and geometric abstraction in Europe between the wars and afterward.

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Movement

Cubism

Medium

Printmaking

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern ArtNew York Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (20)

Plate 20 from Futurists, Abstractionists, Dadaists: the Forerunners of the Avant-Garde, vol. I

Plate 20 from Futurists, Abstractionists, Dadaists: the Forerunners of the Avant-Garde, vol. I

1962 · Etching from an illustrated book with nineteen etchings (three with drypoint, two with aquatint, and one with aquatint and embossing) and one engraving

plate: 5 11/16 × 4 1/2" (14.5 × 11.4 cm); page: 11 3/4 × 9 7/16" (29.8 × 24 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

10 Origin

1942 · Portfolio of six linoleum cuts, three woodcuts, and one lithograph

page (each): 10 5/8 × 8 1/4" (27 × 21 cm); overall (closed): 10 13/16 × 8 7/16 × 1/4" (27.5 × 21.4 × 0.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 22) from 10 Origin

Plate (folio 22) from 10 Origin

1942 · Linoleum cut from a portfolio of six linoleum cuts, three woodcuts, and one lithograph

composition (irreg.): 8 3/8 × 5 1/8" (21.2 × 13 cm); page (each): 10 5/8 × 8 1/4" (27 × 21 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Relation of Lines and Colors

Relation of Lines and Colors

1939 · Oil on board

28 5/8 x 21" (72.6 x 53.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Curving Function Greenish Brown

Curving Function Greenish Brown

1938 · Oil on hardboard

62.8 × 46.3 cm (24 3/4 × 18 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

No. 98 2478 Red/135 Green

No. 98 2478 Red/135 Green

1936 · Oil paint on plywood

support: 575 x 568 mm frame: 814 x 959 x 65 mm

The Function of Lines

The Function of Lines

1936 · Brush with opaque and transparent watercolor and pen and black ink on beige, wove paper

49.1 × 59.9 cm (19 3/8 × 23 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

XY = K Green and Red

XY = K Green and Red

1929 · Gouache on paper

6 7/8 x 8 5/8" (17.5 x 21.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Interrelation of Volumes from the Ellipsoid (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Interrelation of Volumes from the Ellipsoid (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart

Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart

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Charles Dufresne

Charles Dufresne

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Christopher Williams

Christopher Williams

Also printmaking

Also printmaking

Also printmaking

Also printmaking

Also printmaking

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Movements and affiliations

Geometric Abstraction

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Tate