Cobra Movement Painting

The last true avant garde movement of the 20th century seventy years on from its founding we look back on the brief furious life of a movement opposed to all forms of split between free thought and the action of painting freely in november works by the group will be offered in amsterdam.

Cobra movement painting. Famous artists of the cobra art movement are the dutch painters karel appel lucebert and constant nieuwenhuys. The cobra avant garde movement in art formed at café notre dame in 1948 cobra was a highly influential art group which only existed for three years. A breakthrough in modern art which has has affected artistic expressions and ideas about art to the present day. Some still consider it the last major avant garde movement of the last century and the catalyser behind european abstract expressionism.

Cobra was an international movement of young pioneering artists. Corneille is considered to be one of the most important modern graphic artists of the previous century. The dutch painter corneille 1922 2010 born guillaume cornelis beverloo was a co founder of the avant garde cobra movement and one of its driving forces. But also the danish asger jorn and carl henning pedersen.

Karel appel questioning children 1949 gouache on three dimensional wooden construction tate modern cobra or cobra was a european avant garde movement active from 1948 to 1951. In the years following world war ii they caused a revolution. Acrylic paintings by cobra artist stephane cruz. Asger jorn creating a relief with a scooter in albisola 1959.

Cobra group 1948 1951 the european equivalent of the gesturalism or action painting style of american abstract expressionism cobra was a non conformist avant garde movement founded by painters sculptors and graphic artists from the danish group host the dutch group reflex and the belgian revolutionary surrealist group. Copenhagen co brussels br amsterdam a.