The Red Blue Chair was a chair designed in 1917 by Gerrit Rietveld. It represents one of the first explorations by the De Stijl art movement in three dimensions. The original chair was painted in the familiar De Stijl palette of primary colours - that is, black, grey, and white. However, it was later changed to resemble the paintings of Piet Mondrian when Rietveld came into contact with this artist's work in 1918. Rietveld joined the De Stijl movement in 1919. The chair currently resides at the High Museum of Art, Atlanta.[1] It features several Rietveld joints.
The Red and Blue Chair was reported to be on loan to the Delft University of Technology Faculty of Architecture as part of an exhibition. On May 13, 2008, a fire destroyed the entire building, but the Red and Blue Chair was saved by firefighters.[2]
レッド＆プルーチェアの名で世界的に知られているこの椅子は、リートフェルトのデザインを代表する傑作です。自ら「美しく空間的なデザインが直線的な材料と機械によって創りだせるという証明」と語るように、この椅子は、幾何学的メカニズムでデザインされており構造上は単純で原理的です。しかし、そこから生みだされた造形に見られる、一つ一つのパーツの交差による独特の空間的ハーモニーと美しいダイナミズムは、実に多彩で複雑な表情をこの椅子に与えているといえます。色彩はモンドリアンのネオプラスチック絵画のスタイルを受け継いでいます。
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