Georges Vantongerloo (24 November 1886, Antwerp – 5 October 1965, Paris) was a Belgian sculptor, painter, designer of furniture and buildings, and founding member of the De Stijl group.
In 1916 he met Theo van Doesburg, and the following year he was a co-signator of the first manifesto of the De Stijl group.
[1] His pamphlet L'Art et Son Avenir [2] was published in 1924 and includes his essay "Unité", which examines vibrations and the colour spectrum of light.
[1] In 1927 Vantongerloo moved to Paris and began a correspondence with the Belgian Prime Minister, Henri Jaspar, in relation to the design of a bridge over the Scheldt at Antwerp.
In 1930 he joined the Cercle et Carré group in Paris, and a year later he was a founding member of Abstraction-Création.