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COBRA or Cobra, often stylized as CoBrA, was a European avant-garde art group [1] active from 1948 to 1951. The name was coined in 1948 by Christian Dotremont from the initials of the members' home countries' capital cities: Copenhagen (Co), Brussels (Br), Amsterdam (A).
Christiaan Karel Appel (pronounced [ˈkrɪstijaːŋ ˈkaːrəl ˈɑpəl] ⓘ; 25 April 1921 – 3 May 2006) was a Dutch painter, sculptor, and poet.He started painting at the age of fourteen and studied at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam in the 1940s.
Eugène Brands (January 15, 1913 - January 15, 2002 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch painter, an early member of the COBRA avant-garde art movement. In 1946, Eugène Brands participated in the group exhibition "Young Painters" in the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, where a whole room was filled with his work. In 1948 he joined the Experimental Group ...
Cobra was an international movement of young, progressive artists. In the years after the Second World War, they caused a revolution: a breakthrough in modern art that still has an impact on art ideas and expressions today. The Cobra movement was founded in Paris on November 8, 1948. Artists and poets from various European countries were members.
The Child in Cobra. Cobra Museum for modern art, Amstelveen, 2000; Constant's New Babylon. The hyper-architecture of desire. Mark Wigley, Zero, Rotterdam, 1998; The A of COBRA in word en image. 50 years Cobra. Jaski Art Gallery, Amsterdam, 1998; Cobra. Copenhague. Bruxelles. Amsterdam. Art éxperimental 1948-1951. Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts ...
Lucebert's talent was discovered when he started working for his father after school. After half a year of art school, he chose to be homeless between 1938 and 1947. In 1947, a Franciscan convent offered him a roof over his head, in exchange for a huge mural painting.
Around 1973, Jones-Hogu shifted from primarily painting to drawing, and to a lesser degree printmaking, as her son would become ill from paint fumes. [6] She used oil-based inks. She had her first solo show involving her prints and drawings. The show was held by a gallery owned by African-American artists. [6]
Under the German occupation of Denmark during World War Two, Alfelt was an integral component of Helhesten (The Hell-Horse, 1941-1944), the artists' group and art journal, Helhesten, co-founded by Asger Jorn as a harbinger of experimental art and implicit cultural-political resistance. She was also an important member of CoBrA (1948-1951) after ...