Corneille

(Dutch, 1922–2010)

roc et falaise by corneille

Corneille

Roc et Falaise, 1960

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souvenir d'amsterdam by corneille

Corneille

Souvenir d'Amsterdam, 1997

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tete de l'ete by corneille

Corneille

Tete de l'ete, 1966

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desert fleurissant by corneille

Corneille

Desert Fleurissant, 1957

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Biography

Timeline

1922
Born: in Liège, Belgium
1940 - 1943
Studied drawing at the Amsterdam Rijksakademie, but taught himself how to paint. While at the academy he became a close friend of Karel Appel
1940
Emigrated to the Netherlands, subsequently naturalized
1948
Co-founded the REFLEX movement
Co-founded the CoBra or Cobra Group
1950
Moved to Paris, France
1953
Studied etching under S.W. Hayter at Atelier 17, Paris, France
1954 - 1955
Studied Ceramics with Mazzotti at Albisola Mare, Italy
1956
Awarded the Guggenheim Netherlands Prize
1961 - 1966
Worked in Mallorca and Cadaques, Spain
Lives and works in Paris, France

Exhibitions

2008
Cobra & Co: Engravings and Prints, Palais des Beaux-Arts/Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels, Belgium
Alex Rosenberg: Collector and Patron, Freedman Gallery at Albright College, Reading, PA
Cobra to Contemporary, Artnews Projects, Berlin, Germany
Danish/Internatioanl Summer Exhibition, Galerie Moderne, Silkeborg, Denmark
2007
Match Race: Modernistic Remixes Between Now and Then, Kunsten Museum of Modern Art, Aalborg, Germany
Auktion 25, Auktionshaus und Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Cobra Reykjavik, Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
Strip en Kunst, Singer Laren, Laren, The Netherlands
2006
Auktion 23, Auktionshaus und Galerie, Berlin Germany
What Happened to Art, Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Vernissage, Cobra Museum, Amstelveen, The Netherlands
2005
Corneille, Carl Hennign Pedersen og Else Alfelts Museum, Herning, Denmark (solo)
Accrochage, Gallerie Boisseree, Cologne, Germany
Cobra Collectie, Cobra Museum, Amstelveen, The Netherlands
2004
Tomi Ungerer, Galerie Kuhn, Berlin, Germany
Homage a Picasso, Galerie Wolfgang Exner, Vienna, Austria ,br> Corneille: Gemalde, Gouachen, Zeichnungen, Die Galerie, Frankfurt, Germany (solo)
2003
Corneil: errinnerungen 1941 bis 1951, Kunstverein Buchholz, Buchholz, Germany (solo)
2001
Traumbilder: Schumacker, Editionen Fils GmbH, Dusseldorf, Germany (solo)
1999 - 2000
From Kandinsky till Corneille: Linoleum in Art During the 20th Century, Cobra Museum, Amstelveen, The Netherlands
1998
Corneille, Gallerie San Carlo, Milan, Italy (solo)
1996
Cobra nd the Stedelijk, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Public Collections

Art Institute of Chicago,Chicago, IL
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana, IN
Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS