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Dutch artist Corneille deceased
Sunday, September 5, 2010, 5:21 p.m. Source: Reuters KLD
The Dutch artist Corneille, one of the founders of the Cobra Group, at the
age of 88 deceased.
Cornelis was born in Liege Beverloo, like the painter actually called, was
one of the most successful Dutch painters of the twentieth century. He got
together with Karel Appel of the founders of Cobra, a group of expressionist
painters and poets.
Corneille moved with his family at age twelve to the Netherlands. He taught
himself to paint, between 1940 and 1942 before he attended art courses at
the Amsterdam Academy. His first exhibition was in 1946 in Groningen.
As a child he signed his drawings with Cornie and that he later bastardized
to Corneille (Crow). Corneille was one in 1948 with Karel Appel and Constant
for the founder of the Experimental. With Apple, he began drawing portraits
on the promenade in Amsterdam, which she sold for a peak.
Cobra
They moved to Paris, because "it happened" since then. On his 26th he and
the Dutch Appel and Constant, the Belgians Dotremont Christian and Joseph
Noiret and Asger Jorn in 1948 Cobra Dane on. The name refers to the three
capitals of the countries from which the founders came from: Copenhagen,
Brussels and Amsterdam.
The Cobra movement was a burst of creative energy. The artists were young,
poor and rebellious. Their roots were in surrealism, but they also found
inspiration in the art of children and the mentally ill and the old myths of
Scandinavia. Picasso, Kandinsky and Miro were their role models.
The work of the Cobra artists were experimental. She wanted a spontaneous
expression, not a refined finish. Typical of Cobra was the intense
collaboration between the artists, many who were working together. Poets
such as Hugo Claus worked with artists like Karel Appel. Words and images
intertwined.
Three years after the movement was lifted, according to Corneille at the
peak. Corneille settled permanently in Paris in 1954 because he thought he
could measure it with artists of the world.
After Cobra
Corneille, saying, still had three periods in his career after Cobra. The
first he called the lyrical, abstract period. Then he did landscapes,
inspired by trips to Africa. In his third period he fell back to figuration.
Birds, flowers and women were coming back in bright and cheerful colors. The
public became familiar with that style, especially after he took commercial
assignments, such as printing on pens and neckties.
Corneille lived retired at the Maison du Cedres in the French department of
Val d'Oise. He has recently deteriorated physically strong and also
reportedly struggled for a while with mental problems. |
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