By the time he opened his own furniture workshop in 1917, Rietveld had taught himself drawing, painting … See more

Rietveld broke with De Stijl in 1928 and became associated with a more functionalist style of architecture, known as either Nieuwe Zakelijkheid or Nieuwe Bouwen. The same year he joined the Congrès Int… See more

In 1951 Rietveld designed a retrospective exhibition about De Stijl which was held in Amsterdam, Venice and New York. Interest in his work revived as a result. In subsequent years he was given many commissio… See more

Rietveld died on 25 June 1964 in Utrecht.
His son Wim Rietveld also became a renowned industrial designer. See more