Corneille – Guillaume Cornelis van Beverloo (3 July 1922 – 5 September 2010), better known under his
pseudonym
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Corneille, was a Dutch artist.
Corneille was born in
Liège
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The city is situated in the valley of the Meuse, in the east of Belgium, not far from b ...
,
Belgium
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, although his parents were Dutch and moved back to the Netherlands when he was 12.
He studied art at the
Academy of Art in Amsterdam, in the
Netherlands
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. He was one of the founders of the
REFLEX movement in 1948 and in 1949 he was also one of the founders of the
COBRA movement, which has had great influence on
Scandinavian art
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.
He was active within the group from the beginning, not only painting but also publishing poetry in the ''Cobra magazine''. He was a cofounder of the '.
Corneille was inspired by the drawings of children, and believed in the importance of approaching children with art that connects with their experience. When he heard during a Cobra Museum visit in the nineties that there was an “Art Lending for Children” he talked with the founde
''Roby Bellemans''and asked him to send more information to his home in Paris about this project. He decided to promote the initiative. He started with a support list and persuaded other artists such as
Shinkichi Tajiri
Shinkichi Tajiri (Los Angeles, December 7, 1923 – Baarlo, Netherlands, March 15, 2009) was an American sculptor who resided in the Netherlands from 1956 onwards. He was also active in painting, photography and cinematography.
Childhood and ...
to sign.
File:Piano beschilderd door Corneille bij kijkdag Christies - ANEFO.jpg, Piano painted by Corneille photographed at auction sale on Christies viewing day in 1987
File:Cobra museum 5.jpg, Statue ''De Vliegende Kat'' by Corneille in the pond behind the Cobra Museum
The Cobra Museum of Modern Art ( nl, Cobra Museum voor Moderne Kunst) is an art museum in Amstelveen in the Netherlands. The collection of the museum consists of key works by artists associated with three art movements, Vrij Beelden (1945), Cobr ...
in Amstelveen
The poetic Corneille was strongly influenced by
Miró and
Klee
Paul Klee (; 18 December 1879 – 29 June 1940) was a Swiss-born German artist. His highly individual style was influenced by movements in art that included expressionism, cubism, and surrealism. Klee was a natural draftsman who experimented wi ...
. After the group dissolved in 1951 he moved to
Paris
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and began collecting
African art
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. These artifacts became evident in his works, which began to take on a more imaginative style, like landscapes seen from a
bird's eye view
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, exotic birds and stylised forms. His work is in the collection of the
Centre Georges Pompidou
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.
Until his death Corneille lived and worked in Paris, and made visits to Israel where he worked with the
Jaffa Atelier.
On 24 September 2003 an exhibition of his prints opened at the
Ramat Gan Museum of Israeli Art, Israel.
He died at
Auvers-sur-Oise
Auvers-sur-Oise (, literally ''Auvers on Oise'') is a commune in the department of Val-d'Oise, on the northwestern outskirts of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. It is associated with several famous artists, the most promine ...
,
France
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.
References
External links
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The Independent
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by
Marcus Williamson
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Campaigns
Phorm
In 2009 the AIM-l ...
''Art Signature Dictionary – See Guillaume Cornelis van Beverloo's signature, although the police seizure of counterfeit''Sculptures & Graphic edition by Corneilleproduced in
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
2000–2010
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1922 births
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21st-century Dutch painters
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