Georges Vantongerloo in Paris, 1951
Georges Vantongerloo, born in Antwerp, Belgium, was a sculptor, painter, architect, designer and theorist, and a member of De Stijl. While living in Holland and working on architectural designs during the years of World War I, Vantongerloo became part of the circle of Piet Mondrian, Bart van der Leck, and Theo van Doesburg, who founded the magazine ‘De Stijl’ in 1917. In 1924 Vantongerloo published his pamphlet ‘L’Art et son avenir’ and in 1931 joined the Abstraction-Création group, which counted among its members Piet Mondrian, Barbara Hepworth, Robert and Sonia Delaunay, Hans Arp and Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Wassily Kandinsky, Josef Alberts, László Moholy-Nagy and Max Bill. From the end of the 1930s onward, Vantongerloo distanced himself from the straight line in favour of the curved line, producing influential work characterized by greater lyrical compositions and plays of transparency, color, and light.
Georges Vantongerloo was born in Antwerp, Belgium in 1886. A member of the association Abstraction-Création, he studied at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts and Brussels until the first World War. One of the 900,000 refugees who fled Belgium in 1914, Vantongerloo produced early figurative paintings and sculptures in Holland, but faced personal and political turmoil during these early years. This turbulent period of Vantongerloo’s life in exile would leave a lasting impression on his life and work.
In 1918, Vantongerloo became a co-signor of the De Stijl manifesto and a contributor to the movement’s publication De Stijl, along with a principal group of artists including Theo van Doesburg, Piet Mondrian, and Vilmos Huszár. In the following years, Vantongerloo would come to define his practice through the use of mathematical equations, science, and ethics. He theorized an equation, ‘volume + void = space,’ and began experimenting with abstract linear and geometric works which gave form to his series of works Construction in a Sphere. As his practice developed through the 1920s, Vantongerloo became more invested in scientific-like methods and research; he gave mathematical titles to his works, employed Cartesian analytical geometry, and used parabolic and hyperbolic functions to invent complex shapes and forms, realized in a multifaceted oeuvre of paintings, sculptures, and architectural designs.
After moving to Paris from Menton, France, Vantongerloo joined Abstraction-Création in 1931; he served as vice-president of the artists’ association until 1937, organizing frequent exhibitions and producing annual booklets with contributions from an international group of artists. His models of bridges and a proposed airport were exhibited at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris in 1930. In 1936 he participated in the exhibition Cubism and Abstract Art at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. His first solo show was held at the Galerie de Berri in Paris in 1943, in an act of resistance to Nazi occupation.
The Max Bill Georges Vantongerloo Stiftung was established by Bill’s widow, the independent curator and scholar Dr. Angela Thomas Schmid, to represent the part of these two artists’ estates entrusted to her care. Despite maintaining entirely distinct artistic practices, artists Max Bill and Georges Vantongerloo were bound together in their desire to forge new developments in the field of twentieth-century abstraction, and by their lifelong friendship. Their close relationship and an extended personal written correspondence—which unfolded over the course of more than three decades—united their independent artistic and intellectual endeavours, and helped each to push the boundaries of his work to the fullest. The progress of this extraordinary creative exchange mirrors the artistic and philosophical breakthroughs that defined the last century.
Georges Vantongerloo
Biography
Print BiographyAcademy of Fine Arts, Antwerp / Brussels, Belgium, 1905 – 1909
Solo Exhibitions
Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, ' Voor en nieuwe wereld: Georges Vantongerloo en zijn omgeving van Mondrian tot Bill', The Hague, Netherlands (Travelling Exhibition)
Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, 'Für eine neue Welt: Georges Vantongerloo und seine Kreise von Mondrian bis Bill', Duisburg, Germany (Travelling Exhibition)
Annely Juda Fine Art, 'Max Bill and Georges Vantongerloo – A Working Friendship', London, UK
Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, 'Georges Vantongerloo', Milan, Italy (Travelling Exhibition)
Akademie der Künste, 'Georges Vantongerloo', Berlin, Germany (Travelling Exhibition)
Quadrat Bottrop – Josef Albers Museum, 'Georges Vantongerloo', Bottrop, Germany (Travelling Exhibition)
Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, 'Georges Vantongerloo', Brussels, Belgium (Travelling Exhibition)
Dallas Museum of Art, 'Georges Vantongerloo', Dallas TX
The Corcoran Gallery of Art, 'Georges Vantongerloo', Washington DC
Fondazione Origine, 'Omaggio a Georges Vantongerloo', Rome, Italy
Group Exhibitions
Mu.ZEE, 'Belgium-Argentina: Transatlantic Modernisms, 1910-1958', Oostende, Belgium
Hauser & Wirth Publishers, 'Sophie Taeuber-Arp & Hans Arp: Cooperations – Collaborations', Zurich, Switzerland
ZKM Zentrum Für Kunst und Medien, 'Negativer Raum', Karlsruhe, Germany
Hauser & Wirth, 'max bill bauhaus constellations', Zurich, Switzerland
Galerie Knoell, 'Konstruktiv', Basel, Switzerland
The House of Arts, 'Abstraction Création / Art non figuratif 1932-1936', Ostrava, Czech Republic
The Drawing Center, 'Drawing Dialogues from the Sol LeWitt Collection', New York NY
Galerie Bob van Orsouw & Partner, 'Boys Toys & Girls’ Pearls', Zurich, Switzerland
Museum Haus Konstruktiv, 'Um die Ecke denken', Zurich, Switzerland
Stiftung für Konkrete Kunst, 'Metzinger und die Folgen', Reutlingen, Germany
MARTa Herford, '(un)möglich! Künstler als Architekten', Herford, Germany
Kunstmuseum Basel | Gegenwart, 'Cézanne bis Richter', Basel, Switzerland
Espace de l’art concret, 'L’abstraction géométrique belge', Mouans-Sartoux, France
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, 'Fuego blanco. La colección moderna del Kunstmuseum Basel', Madrid, Spain
Cultuurcentrum Strombeek, 'A line is a line is a line', Grimbergen, Belgium
Museo di Santa Giulia, 'Novecento mai visto. Capolavori dalla Daimler Art Collection. From Albers to Warhol to (now)', Brescia, Italy
Centre Pompidou, 'Modernités Plurielles 1905-1970', Paris, France
Centre Pompidou-Metz, 'Vues d’en haut', Metz, France
Peggy Guggenheim Collection, 'The Avantgarde: From Picasso to Pollock', Venice, Italy
Muzeum Sztuki, 'Correspondences Modern Art and Universalism', Lodz, Poland
MoMA Museum of Modern Art, 'Inventing Abstraction. 1910-1925', New York NY
Centre Pompidou-Metz, '1917', Metz, France
Institut Valencià d’Art Modern, 'Obras maestras de la Pintura en la Colección del IVAM. Pasado, presente y futuro', Valencia, Spain
Fondation Maeght, 'L’abstraction en Europe: le choix d’un collectionneur allemand', Saint-Paul de Vence, France
mumok Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, 'Abstrakter Raum. Formationen der Klassischen Moderne', Vienna, Austria
Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires, 'Geometría en el siglo XX en la Daimler Art Collection', Buenos Aires, Argentina
Deutsche Guggenheim, 'Utopia Matters: From Brotherhood to Bauhaus', Berlin, Germany (Travelling Exhibition)
Peggy Guggenheim Collection, 'Utopia Matters: From Brotherhood to Bauhaus', Venice, Italy (Travelling Exhibition)
De La Warr Pavilion, 'Modern Times', Bexhill on Sea, UK
MoMA Museum of Modern Art, 'On Line: Drawing Through the Twentieth Century', New York NY
Kettle’s Yard, University of Cambridge, 'Modern Times: responding to chaos', Cambridge, UK
mumok Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, 'Bilder über Bilder Diskursive Malerei von Albers bis Zobernig. Aus der Daimler Kunst Sammlung', Vienna, Austria
Peggy Guggenheim Collection, 'Themes and Variations: From the Mark to Zero', Venice, Italy
Erker Galerie, 'Kunst aus einhundert Jahren 1909-2009. Highlights der Daimler Kunst Sammlung', St. Gallen, Switzerland
Fundación Juan March, 'MAXImin', Madrid, Spain
Singapore Art Museum, 'is it tomorrow yet?', Singapore, Singapore
Museum Haus Konstruktiv, 'Visionäre Sammlung Vol. 5: Sammlung Rolf und Friedel Gutmann', Zurich, Switzerland
Museu d’Art Espanyol Contemporani, 'Antes y después del minimalismo. Un siglo de tendencias abstractas en la colección DaimlerChrysler', Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Daimler Contemporary, 'Classical: Modern I. Klassische Moderne aus der Daimler Art Collection', Berlin, Germany
Sprengel Museum, 'Die Zeit der Avantgarden: Aus den Sammlungen des Muzeum Sztuki in Lodz', Hannover, Germany
Museo de Arte Moderno Esteban Vicente, 'Obras maestras del siglo XX en las colecciones del IVAM', Segovia, Spain
MAMbA Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires, 'Escultura – Objeto. Relecturas en la Colección del MAMbA', Buenos Aires, Argentina
Fondation Beyeler, 'ArchiSkulptur. Dialoge zwischen Architektur und Plastik vom 18. Jh. bis heute', Riehen, Switzerland
MACBA Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, 'Arte y utopía. La acción restringida', Barcelona, Spain
MoMA Museum of Modern Art, 'Painting & Sculpture II', New York NY
Museum Haus Konstruktiv, 'Schweiz konkret 3: Die Künstlerzeitschrift «spirale» 1953–1964. Zum fünfzigjährigen Jubiläum', Zurich, Switzerland
Villa Manin Centro d’Arte Contemporanea, 'Kandinsky and the Quest for Abstraction', Passariano, Italy
Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Modena, 'Da Modigliani al contemporaneo. Scultura dalle collezioni Guggenheim', Modena, Italy
Espace de l’Art Concret, '15 variations sur un thème, de Max Bill à John Cage', Mouans-Sartoux, France
Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall, 'Moderna Museet C/O Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall', Stockholm, Sweden
Centraal Museum, 'Rondom De Stijl – Weininger – d’Ébeth – Vantongerloo', Utrecht, Netherlands
Art Forum Ute Barth, 'Gesammelte Werke / Collected Works', Zurich, Switzerland
Galerie Berinson, 'Konstruktionen. Gemälde 1920-1937', Berlin, Germany
Haus für konstruktive und konkrete Kunst, 'Von Albers bis Paik. Konstruktive Werke aus der Sammlung DaimlerChrysler', Zurich, Switzerland
François Pinault Collection, Palazzo Grassi, 'Cosmos – From Goya to De Chirico from Friedrich to Kiefer', Venice, Italy
MACBA Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, 'Campos de fuerzas – Un ensayo sobre lo cinético', Barcelona, Spain
MoMA Museum of Modern Art, 'ModernStarts: Things', New York NY
Galerie Denise René, '1945 – The End of War', Paris, France (Travelling Exhibition)
Galerie Hans Mayer, '1945 – The End of War', Düsseldorf, Germany (Travelling Exhibition)
Musée Rath, 'Les figures de la liberté (mille neuf cent quarante-cinq): nouvelles expressions artistiques de l'immédiat après-guerre', Geneva, Switzerland
Galerie Gmurzynska, 'Painting in the Prism: Friends of Sonia and Robert Delaunay', Cologne, Germany
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, 'Obras maestras de la colección Guggenheim. De Picasso à Pollock', Madrid, Spain
Palazzo Volpi, 'L'Europa dei razionalisti. Pittura scultura architettura negli anni trenta', Como, Italy
Museum Fridericianum, 'ROT GELB BLAU. Die Primärfarben in der Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts', Kassel, Germany (Travelling Exhibition)
MoMA Museum of Modern Art, 'Abstractions', New York NY
The Seibu Museum of Art, 'Dada and Constructivism', Tokyo, Japan
Galerie Gmurzynska, 'The Classical Moderns', Cologne, Germany
William Rockhill Nelson Gallery and Atkins Museum of Fine Arts, 'Constructivism and the Geometric Tradition: Selections from the McCrory Collection', Kansas City MS (Travelling Exhibition)
The Detroit Institute of Arts, 'Constructivism and the Geometric Tradition: Selections from the McCrory Collection', Detroit MI (Travelling Exhibition)
Milwaukee Art Center, 'Constructivism and the Geometric Tradition: Selections from the McCrory Collection', Milwaukee WI (Travelling Exhibition)
Kestner-Gesellschaft Hannover, 'Rot konstruiert und Super Table: Eine Schweizer Sammlung moderner Kunst 1909 - 1939', Hanover, Germany (Travelling Exhibition)
Wilhelm Hack-Museum Ludwigshafen am Rhein, 'Rot konstruiert und Super Table: Eine Schweizer Sammlung moderner Kunst 1909 - 1939', Ludwigshafen, Germany (Travelling Exhibition)
SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 'Constructivism and the Geometric Tradition: Selections from the McCrory Collection', San Francisco CA (Travelling Exhibition)
La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, 'Constructivism and the Geometric Tradition: Selections from the McCrory Collection', San Diego CA (Travelling Exhibition)
Seattle Art Museum, 'Constructivism and the Geometric Tradition: Selections from the McCrory Collection', Seattle WA (Travelling Exhibition)
Albright-Knox Gallery, 'Constructivism and the Geometric Tradition: Selections from the McCrory Collection', Buffalo NY (Travelling Exhibition)
Annely Juda Fine Arts, 'Line + Movement', London, UK
Galerie Gmurzynska, 'Mondrian und de Stijl', Cologne, Germany
Musée de l’Art Moderne de la ville de Paris, 'Constructive Concepts from the McCrory Corporation Collection, New York', Paris, France (Travelling Exhibition)
Louisiana Museum, 'Constructive Concepts from the McCrory Corporation Collection, New York', Humlebaek, Denmark (Travelling Exhibition)
Kulturhuset, 'Constructive Concepts from the McCrory Corporation Collection, New York', Stockholm, Sweden (Travelling Exhibition)
'Constructive Concepts from the McCrory Corporation Collection, New York', Dusseldorf, Germany (Travelling Exhibition)
'Constructive Concepts from the McCrory Corporation Collection, New York', Geneva, Switzerland (Travelling Exhibition)
'Constructive Concepts from the McCrory Corporation Collection, New York', Tel Aviv, Israel (Travelling Exhibition)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 'The Planar Dimension: Europe, 1912-1932', New York NY
Annely Juda Fine Arts, 'The Non Objective World 1914-39', London, UK
Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, 'Abstraction – Création 1931-1936', Munster, Germany (Travelling Exhibition)
Musée de l’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 'Abstraction – Création 1931-1936', Paris, France
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 'Constructive Concepts from the McCrory Corporation Collection, New York', Buffalo NY (Travelling Exhibition)
Dallas Museum of Fine Art, 'Constructive Concepts from the McCrory Corporation Collection, New York', Dallas TX (Travelling Exhibition)
MoMA Museum of Modern Art, 'Abstraction-Création, Art Non-Figuratif', New York NY
Kunsthaus Zürich, 'Aspekte konstruktiver Kunst aus der Sammlung McCrory', Zurich, Switzerland (Travelling Exhibition)
Kölnischer Kunstverein, 'Malewitsch-Mondrian und ihre Kreise. Aus der Sammlung Wilhelm Hack', Cologne, Germany
Galerie Gmurzynska, 'De Boeck, Joostens, Servranckx, Vantongerloo. Pioneers of Abstract Art in Belgium, 1915-60', Cologne, Germany
Galerie Gmurzynska, 'De Stijl, Cercle et Carré 1917-30', Cologne, Germany
Annely Juda Fine Arts, 'Vordemberge-Gildewart Remembered', London, UK
Galerie Liatowitsch, 'Die gegenstandslose Welt 1914-1955', Basel, Switzerland (Travelling Exhibition)
Annely Juda Fine Arts, 'The Non-Objective World 1914-1955', London, UK (Travelling Exhibition)
University Art Museum, University of Texas, 'The Non-Objective World 1914-1955', Austin TX (Travelling Exhibition)
Hayward Gallery, Arts Council, 'Pioneers of Modern Sculpture', London, UK
Palais des Beaux-Arts, 'L’Art Vivant en Europe', Brussels, Belgium
Städtisches Museum Mönchengladbach, 'Rationale Spekulationen: Konstruktivistische Tendenzen in der Europäischen Kunst zwischen 1915 und 1930, ausgewählt aus Deutschen Privatsammlungen', Mönchengladbach, Germany
Annely Juda Fine Arts, 'The Non-Objective World 1924-1939', London, UK (Travelling Exhibition)
Galerie Jean Chauvelin, 'The Non-Objective World 1924-1939', Paris, France (Travelling Exhibition)
Galleria Milano, 'The Non-Objective World 1924-1939', Milan, Italy (Travelling Exhibition)
Sidney Janis Gallery, 'The Classic Spirit in 20th Century Art. Sculptors and Painters from Brancusi and Mondrian to Today', New York NY
Palais de la Découverte, 'Formes: mathématiques, peintres, sculpteurs contemporains', Paris, France
Galerie Chalette, 'Construction and Geometry in Painting: From Malevitch to Tomorrow', New York NY
La Biennale di Venezia, 'De Stijl', Venice, Italy (Travelling Exhibition)
Sidney Janis Gallery, 'Painters of De Stijl', New York NY
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 'De Stijl', Amsterdam, Netherlands (Travelling Exhibition)
Kunsthaus Zürich, 'Moderne Kunst aus der Sammlung Peggy Guggenheim', Zurich, Switzerland
Kunstverein Freiburg, 'Max Bill, Julius Bissier. Georges Vantongerloo', Freiburg, Germany
Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, 'Museum of Non-Objective Paintings, Loan Exhibition', New York NY
Galerie Maeght, 'Les premières maîtres de l'art abstrait', Paris, France
The Pinacoteca, 'Kandinsky, Lissitzky, Mondrian, Seuphor, Schwitters, Taeuber-Arp, Van Doesburg, Vantongerloo', New York NY
Galerie de Berri, 'Exposition d'art abstrait – peinture, sculptures, dessins, aquarelles', Paris, France
Kunstnerforbundet, 'International Nutidskunst – Konstructivisme – Neoplasticisme – Abstrakte Kunst – Surrealisme', Oslo, Norway
'Association artistique des Surindépendants indépendance discipline, neuvième exposition', Paris, France
The RISD Museum, University of Rhode Island, 'Cubism and Abstract Art', Providence RI
Grand Rapids Art Museum, 'Cubism and Abstract Art', Grand Rapids MI (Travelling Exhibition)
The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'Cubism and Abstract Art', Baltimore MD (Travelling Exhibition)
The Cleveland Museum of Art, 'Cubism and Abstract Art', Cleveland OH (Travelling Exhibition)
Cincinnati Art Museum, 'Cubism and Abstract Art', Cincinnati OH (Travelling Exhibition)
SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 'Cubism and Abstract Art', San Francisco CA (Travelling Exhibition)
MoMA Museum of Modern Art, 'Cubism and Abstract Art', New York NY (Travelling Exhibition)
Exhibition Center Porte de Versailles, 'Association artistique des Surindépendants indépendance discipline, neuvième exposition', Paris, France
Kunsthaus Zürich, 'Internationale Ausstellung. Plastik', Zurich, Switzerland
Kunstsalon Wolfsberg, 'Produktion Paris 1930: Werke der Malerei und Plastik', Zurich, Switzerland
Galerie 23, 'Cercle et Carré', Paris, France
Svenska Slöjdföreningen, 'The Stockholm Exhibition', Stockholm, Sweden
Die Juryfreien, 'Abstrakte und Surrealistische Malerei und Plastik', Munich, Germany (Travelling Exhibition)
Bibliography
Monographs
Bois, Yve-Alain, Brett, Guy, Maldonado, Guitemie (et al.), 'Georges Vantongerloo. A Longing for Infinity', Madrid: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, 2009, ill. (exh. cat.)
Brockhaus, Christoph, 'Georges Vantongerloo. Aéroport plus armature, type A - série A, 1928', Berlin: Kulturstiftung der Länder, 2006, ill.
Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique (ed.), 'Georges Vantongerloo: 1886-1965', Brussels: Loiseau, 1981, ill. (exh. cat.)
Rose Fried Gallery (ed.), 'Georges Vantongerloo', New York: Rose Fried Gallery, 1953 (exh. cat.)
Artist’s Books & Writings
Publications
Blotkamp, Carel (ed.), 'De vervolgjaren van De Stijl: 1922-1932', Amsterdam: L. J. Veen, 1996, ill.
Vink, H. J., 'De kleurentheorieën van Vantongerloo en reacties van andere De Stijl kunstenaars / Vantongerloo's colour theories: reactions by other members of de Stijl-group' [ICSAC-Cahier, no. 10], Brussel/Antwerp: ICSAC Internationaal Centrum voor Structuuranalyse en Constructivisme, 1996, ill. (exh. cat.)
Gmurzynska, Krystyna (ed.), 'Mondrian et De Stijl', Cologne: Galerie Gmurzynska, 1979, ill. (exh. cat.)
Gallery Annely Juda (ed.), 'Line and Movement', London: Gallery Annely Juda, 1979, ill. (exh. cat.)
Westfälisches Landesmuseum Münster (ed.), 'Skulptur. Die Entwicklung der abstrakten Skulptur im 20. Jahrhundert und die autonome Skulptur der Gegenwart', Munster: Westfälisches Landesmuseum, 1977, ill. (exh. cat.)
Rotzler, Willy (ed.), 'Konstruktive Konzepte. Eine Geschichte der konstruktiven Kunst vom Kubismus bis heute', Zurich: ABC Verlag, 1977, ill.
McCrory Corporation, Kunsthaus Zürich (eds.), 'Aspekte Konstruktiver Kunst. Sammlung McCrory', New York: McCrory Corporation, Zurich: Kunsthaus Zürich, 1977, ill. (exh. cat.)
Hüttinger, Eduard, 'Max Bill', Zurich: abc Verlag, 1977, p. 220, ill.
Albrecht, Hans Joachim, 'Skulptur im 20. Jahrhundert. Raumbewusstsein und Künstlerische Gestaltung', Cologne: Dumont Verlag, 1977, ill.
Bauhaus Archiv (ed.), 'Bauhaus Dessau 1926-1931. Bauhaus Zeitschrift für Gestaltung: 14 issues' [published in facsimile], Nendeln: Kraus Reprint, 1976, ill.
Fath, Manfred, Herzogenrath, Wulf (eds.), 'Malewitsch, Mondrian und ihre Kreise. Sammlung Wilhelm Hack', Cologne: Kölnischer Kunstverein, 1976, p. 185, ill. (exh. cat.)
Staber, Margit, 'Fritz Glarner', Zurich: ABC Verlag, 1976
Galerie Gmurzynska (ed.), 'De Boeck, Joostens, Servranckx, Vantongerloo – Pioniere der abstrakten Kunst. Belgien 1915-1960', Cologne: Galerie Gmurzynska, 1976 (exh. cat.)
Maldonado, Tomas, 'Avanguardia e razionalità – articoli, saggi, pamphlets 1946 - 1974', Turin: Giulio Einaudi, 1974
Galerie Gmurzynska (ed.), 'De Stijl, Cercle et Carré', Cologne: Galerie Gmurzynska, 1974 (exh. cat.)
Kunstgewerbemuseum Zürich, 'Die zwanziger Jahre', Zurich: Kunstgewerbemuseum, 1973 (exh. cat.)
Hayward Gallery (ed.), 'Pioneers of modern sculpture', London: Hayward Gallery, Arts Council, 1973 (exh. cat.)
Annely Juda Gallery, University Art Museum (eds.), 'The Non-Objective World 1914-1955', London: Annely Juda Gallery, Austin: University Art Museum, 1973 (exh. cat.)
Städtisches Museum Mönchengladbach (ed.), 'Rationale Spekulationen – konstruktivistische Tendenzen in der europäischen Kunst zwischen 1915 und 1930', Mönchengladbach: Städtisches Museum Mönchengladbach, 1972 (exh. cat.)
Zanini, Walter, 'Vantongerloo e sua are a de base matématica', in: Tendencias de escultura moderna, Sao Paolo: Ed. Cultrix, 1971, pp. 230-234
Galerie Chauvelin, Gallery Annely Juda, Galleria Milano (eds.), 'The non-objective world 1924-39', Paris: Galerie Chauvelin, London: Gallery Annely Juda, Milan: Galleria Milano, 1971 (exh. cat.)
Holt, Michael, 'Mathematics in Art', London: Studio Vista, 1971
Besset, Maurice, '20. Jahrhundert', Stuttgart: Belser Verlag, 1971
Galerie Denise René (ed.), 'Masters of Early Constructive Abstract Art', New York: Galerie Denise René, 1971 (exh. cat.)
Waddington, C.H., 'A Study of Relations Between Painting and the Natural Sciences in this Century', Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1969
Burnham, Jack, 'Beyond modern sculpture. The effects of science and technology on the sculpture of this century', New York: Braziller, 1969
Besset, Maurice, 'Qui était Le Corbusier?', Geneva: Skira, 1968, p. 55
Albright-Knox Art Gallery (ed.), 'Plus by Minus: Today’s half century', Buffalo: Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 1968 (exh. cat.)
Hill, Anthony, 'Data – Directions in Art, Theory and Aesthetics', London: Faber & Faber, 1968
Burnham, Jack, 'Beyond Modern Sculpture – the effects of Science and Technology on the Sculpture of this Century', New York: Braziller, 1968
Vantongerloo, Georges, 'Symetrie et proportion', in: Leonardo, Cambridge, vol. 1, no. 3., 1968, pp. 313-317
Rickey, Georges, 'Constructivism – Origins and Evolution', New York: Braziller, 1967
Kepes, Gyorgy, 'Struktur in Kunst und Wissenschaft', Brussels: Ed. de la Conaissance, 1967
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Staber, Margit, 'Konkrete Kunst', Serielle Manifeste, Jahrgang 66, Manifest 11, St. Gallen: Ed. Galerie Press, 1966
Sidney Janis Gallery (ed.), 'The Classic Spirit in 20th Century Art. Sculptors & Painters from Brancusi & Mondrian to today', New York: Sidney Janis Gallery, 1965 (exh. cat.)
Wallraf-Richartz Museum (ed.), 'Traum-Zeichen-Raum / Benennung des Unbekannten / Kunst in den Jahren 1924-1939', Cologne: Wallraf-Richartz Museum, 1965 (exh. cat.)
Seuphor, Michel, 'La peinture abstraite – sa genèse, son expansion', Paris: Flammarion. 1964, p. 66
The Corcoran Gallery of Art (ed.), 'Contemporary Painting in Belgium', Washington D.C.: The Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1963 (exh. cat.)
Seuphor, Michel, 'La peinture abstraite en Flandre', Brussels: Ed. Arcade, 1963
Moderna Museet, 'Önskemuseet – the museum of our dreams', Stockholm: Moderna Museet, 1963 (exh. cat.)
Seuphor, Michel, 'International anthology of contemporary engraving', Milan: Tristan Sauvage, Galleria Schwarz, 1962
Gepts, Gilberte, 'La Sculpture en Belgique', Antwerp: Ed. Helios, 1962, p. 3
Dorfles, Gillo, 'Ultime tendenze nell’arte di oggi', Milan: Feltrinelli, 1961
Helmhaus Zürich (ed.), 'Konkrete Kunst – 50 Jahre Entwicklung', Zurich: Helmhaus Zürich, 1960, p. 18
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Callewaert, Marc, Bilcke, Maurits, 'De eerste abstrakten in België – Hulde aan de pioniers', Amsterdam: Hessenhuis, 1959
Seuphor, Michel, 'Die Plastik unseres Jahrhunderts', Neuchâtel: Ed. du Griffon, 1959, pp. 5, 57, ill.
Seuphor, Michel, '50 Ans de peinture abstraite', Paris: Galerie Creuze, 1957
Gerstner, Karl, 'Kalte Kunst – zum Standort der heutigen Malerei', Teufen: Arthur Niggli Verlag, 1957
Bense, Max, 'Ästhetische Information', Krefeld/Baden-Baden: Agis Verlag, 1956
Petersen, Bjerke, 'Konkret Konst', Stockholm: Raben & Sjörgen, 1956
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Bill, Max, 'Mies Van der Rohe', in: Architetti del movimento moderno, vol.12, Milan: il Balcone, 1955, p. 17, ill.
Rose Fried Gallery (ed.), 'Vantongerloo Latest Works. Matière Plastique. Glarner Relational Paintings. Latest Works', New York: Rose Fried Gallery, 1954 (exh. cat.)
Trier, Eduard, 'Moderne Plastik', Berlin: Verlag Gebrüder Mann, 1954, p. 75
Dorazio, Piero, 'La fantasia dell’arte nella vita moderna', Rome: Polveroni e quinti editori, 1954
Zevi, Bruno, 'Poética dell’architettura neoplastica', Milan: Editrice Tamburini, 1953
Seuphor, Michel, 'Painters of De Stijl / Debut of Abstract Art in Holland: 1917-21 – Huszar, Mondrian, Van Doesburg, Vantongerloo', New York: Sidney Janis Gallery, 1951 (exh. cat.)
Fasola, Giusto Nicco, 'Ragione dell’arte astratta', Milan: Istituto editoriale Italiano, 1951
Kunstverein Freiburg (ed.), 'Max Bill, Julius Bissier, Georges Vantongerloo', Freiburg i. B.: Kunstverein Freiburg, 1951 (exh. cat.)
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (ed.), ‘De Stijl. Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. 6.7.51-25.9.51’, Amsterdam: Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 1951 (exh. cat.)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation (ed.), 'Museum of Non-Objective Painting, Loan Exhibition', New York: Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, 1950 (exh. cat.)
Moholy-Nagy, Sibyl, 'Moholy-Nagy, Experiment in Totality', New York: Harper & Brothers, 1950
Seuphor, Michael, 'L’art abstrait, ses origines, ses premiers maîtres', Paris: Maeght, 1949, p. 316
Bill, Max, 'Robert Maillart', Zurich: Verlag für Architektur AG., 1949, p. 26
Kunsthaus Zürich (ed.), 'Antoine Pevsner, Georges Vantongerloo, Max Bill', Zurich: Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 1949 (exh. cat.)
Vantongerloo, Georges, 'Paintings, sculptures, reflections', New York: Wittenborn, Schultz, 1948
Gauthier, Maximillian, 'Exposition d’art abstrait – peinture, sculptures, dessins, aquarelles', Paris: Galerie de Berri, 1943 (exh. cat.)
Kunstnerforbundet (ed.), 'International Nutidkunst – Konstruktivisme – Neoplasticisme – Abstrakt Kunst – Surrealisme', Oslo: Kunstnerforbundet, 1939
Giedion-Welcker, Carola, 'Moderne Plastik', Zurich: Verlag Dr. Hans Girsberger, 1937
Société des artistes indépendants (ed.), 'Catalogue de la 47e exposition: au Grand Palais des Champs-Elysées: du 7 février au 8 mars 1936 inclus / Société des artistes indépendants', Paris: Société des artistes indépendants, 1936 (exh. cat.)
___, 'L’Art vivant en Europe', Brussels: Palais des Beaux-Arts, 1931 (exh. cat.)
___, 'Internationale Ausstellung - Plastik', Zurich: Kunsthaus Zürich, 1931 (exh. cat.)
Musée des Arts Décoratifs (ed.), 'L’aéronautique et l’art, 1re exposition internationale de poste ariénne', Paris: Musée des Arts Décoratifs, 1930 (exh. cat.)
Joseph, Edouard, 'Dictionnaire biographique des artistes contemporains, 1910-1930 Vol. 3', Paris: Grund, 1930
Galeria Dalmau (ed.), 'Exposicion de arte moderno y nacional y extranjero', Barcelona: Galeria Dalmau, 1929, p.15 (exh. cat.)
Press
Bill, Max, 'Retrospektive Georges Vantongerloo', in: Die Kunst und das schöne Heim, Munich, no. 93., 1981, pp. 220-221
Thomas Schmid, Angela, 'Die Kunst des Denkens und der ästhetischen Recherche', in: Werk, Bauen + Wohnen, Zurich, no. 68, 1981, pp. 4-5, 9
G.R., 'Georges Vantongerloo in der Galerie Lopez', in: Zürisee Zeitung, Zurich, Stäfa, 12 May 1977
L.V., 'Georges Vantongerloo', in: NZZ, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich, 17 May 1977, p. 39
Engeli, Max, 'Experiment des Geistes', in: Brückenbauer, Zurich, 20 May 1977
M.St. 'Träumer, Erfinder, Macher', in: Die Weltwoche, Zurich, 8 July 1977
___, 'Georges Vantongerloo à Zurich (un pionnier)', in: Tribune de Lausanne le matin, Lausanne, 8 July 1977
Geelhaar, Christian, 'Ausstellung. Georges Vantongerloo. 7. Mai bis 16. Juli 1977. Zürich – Galerie Lopes AG', 1977, in: Pantheon, 35.1977, p. 373
Brissoni, Armando, 'El Estructoralismo matématico de la escultura en Georges Vantongerloo', in: Nueva Forma, Madrid, no. 51, 1970
Brissoni, Armando, 'Lo strutturalismo matematico nelle sculture di Vantongerloo', in: La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, no. 64-65, p. 52
Staber, Margit, 'Georges Vantongerloo', in: Art International, Lugano, vol. X/2, February 1966, pp.13-15
Bergen, Emiel, 'Georges Vantongerloo. (1882-1965)', in: Bulletin / Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, 15, 1966, pp. 271-299
Ragon, Michel, 'De Stijl', in: Jardin des Arts, Paris, no.106, September 1963, p. 3
Newton, Eric, 'Vantongerloo Exhibition at the new London Gallery', in: the Guardian, London, 14 November 1962
___, 'Artistic Laboratory of Vantongerloo', in: The Times, London, 19 November 1962, p. 13
Reichardt, Jasia, 'Vantongerloo', in: The Arts Review, London, 3-17 November 1962, pp. 6, 23
Frampton, Kenneth, 'The work of Georges Vantongerloo', in: Architectural Design, London, November 1962, p. 542f
___, 'Georges Vantongerloo 75 Jährig', in: Die Tat, Zurich, 27. November 1961, p. 5
Staber, Margit, 'Experimentierter im Unbekannten' – Georges Vantongerloo in der Galerie Suzanne Bollag', in: Zürcher Woche, Zurich, 1 December 1961, p. 15
R.Hs., 'Galerie Suzanne Bollag: Georges Vantongerloo', in: Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich, 7 December 1961, p. 16
___, 'Konkrete Kunst', in: Tagesanzeiger, Zurich, 11 June 1960
___, 'Konkrete Kunst – zu einer Ausstellung im Helmhaus Zürich', in: Neues Winterthurer Tagblatt, Winterthur, 14 June 1960
Staber, Margit, 'Die Anfänge der konkreten Kunst', in: Werk, Winterthur, nr. 10, 1960
Duplain, Georges, 'En feuilletant les albums de la Maison des Artistes' in: Gazette de Lausanne, Lausanne, 11 June 1960
Farner, Konrad, 'Der Aufstand der Abstrakt-Konkreten', in: Wissen der Gegenwart, Munich: Dobbeck Verlag, September 1960
___, 'Opina Vantongerloo', in Ver y Estimar, Buenos Aires, no. 11-12, pp. 81-83
Galerie Maeght, 'Les premiers maîtres de l’art abstrait', in: Derrière le miroir, Paris, nos. 20 & 21, May 1949
Bill, Max, 'Die mathematische Denkweise in der Kunst', in: Die Zürcher Woche, Zurich, nr. 3, 14 October 1949, p. 6, ill.
Bill, Max, 'Die mathematische Denkweise in der Kunst unserer Zeit', in: Werk, Zurich, nr. 3, March 1949, pp. 86-92, ill.
___, 'Opina Vantongerloo', in Ver y Estimar, Buenos Aires, no. 11-12, pp. 81-83
Galerie Maeght, 'Les premiers maîtres de l’art abstrait', in: Derrière le miroir, Paris, nos. 20 & 21, May 1949
Bill, Max, 'Die mathematische Denkweise in der Kunst', in: Die Zürcher Woche, Zurich, nr. 3, 14 October 1949, p. 6, ill.
___, '1er Salon des réalités nouvelles art abstrait, concret, constructivisme, non-figuratif', Paris: Palais des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris
Schmidt, Georg, 'Zur Sociologie des Künstlers', in: Information, Heft 4, October 1932, Zurich
Vantongerloo, Georges, 'Exakte Gestaltung', in: Bauhaus, 3. Jahrgang, nr. 4, Bauhaus Dessau, pp. 16
Vantongerloo, Georges, 'L² = S L³ = V', in: Contimporanul, revue davant-garde, 6e année, no. 72, Bukarest, January 1927, p. 8
Vantongerloo, Georges, 'Principe d’unité', in: I 10, international revue, 1ste jaargang, nr. 3, Amsterdam, pp. 94 - 96
Vantongerloo, Georges, 'Réflexions sur l’existence absolue des choses', in: I 10, international revue, 1ste jaargang, nr. 10, Amsterdam, pp. 351-356
___, 'Arta moderna in Olanda', in : Rampa, Romania, 22 September 1926
Mondrian, Piet, 'l’Expression plastique nouvelle dans la peinture', in: Cahiers d’art, no. 7, Paris, 7 September 1926, pp. 181-183
Seuphor, Michel, 'L’Arte avanguardia nel Belgio', in: l’Impero, Rome, 12-3
Vantongerloo, Georges, 'L’Art et son Avenir I. l’evolution de l’art sculptural', in: Bulletin de l’effort moderne, no 13., Paris, March 1925, pp. 12-15
D.B., 'Beeldhouwkunst / tentoonstelling Georges Vantongerloo, Pulchri studio', in: De Hofstad, ‘s Gravenhage, 18 March 1916, p. 2
___, 'Kunstoverzicht, schilderkunst', in: De Hofstad, ‘s Gravenhage, 24 June 1916, cover
___, 'Tentoonstelling van Belgische kunst, Kunstzaal Kleykamp', in: Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant, Rotterdam, 12.2
___, 'Belgische tentoonstelling, Kunstzalen d’Audretsch', in: Eenheid, nr. 247
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