Working in Holland, Vilmos Huszar was among the circle of artists
who allied themselves with Piet Mondrian in 1917 to establish de Stijl (The
Style), an association that embraced Mondrian’s reductive aesthetics, applying
them to architecture, design, and the decorative arts as well. Huszar became
particularly close to the architect Gerrit Rietveld, whose Red/Blue Chair is presented here. Both Huszar and Rietveld broke
from the strict grid cherished by Mondrian, as they animated their work with a
more open play of diagonal elements.