Corneille, Tribu II, 1992, Lithograph, Framed

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Corneille lithograph, Tribu II 171/ 200, 1992 Guillaume Cornelis van Beverloo, (1922-2010) Litho in color Tribu II 171/ 200, signed … more Corneille lithograph, Tribu II 171/ 200, 1992 Guillaume Cornelis van Beverloo, (1922-2010) Litho in color Tribu II 171/ 200, signed in pencil and dated 1992 Framed behind glass Litho itself measures: 61 cm x 50 cm and total framed 91 cm x 81 cm Corneille was born as Guillaume Cornelis van Beverloo on 3 July 1922 in Liège (Belgium). He had Dutch parents. He was active as a painter and poet. In 1937 he took advertising drawing lessons in Haarlem and from 1940-1943 attended the drawing course at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam, where he met Karel Appel, (1921-2006). Corneille was self-taught as a painter Corneille developed, before Cobra, in 1947, his mythical figuration inspired by children’s drawings with exuberantly cheerful and brightly colored forms during a stay in Budapest. There he discovered the work of Paul Klee (1879-1940), Joan Miró (1893-1983) and the writings of the surrealist poets and met the painter Jacques Doucet (1924-1994). Under the influence of these impressions, Corneille began to work from his imagination and to paint myths. In 1948 Corneille founded the Experimental Group in Holland with Appel and constant and were co-founders of Cobra Corneille his work has been collected and exhibited all over the world. This piece is attributed to the mentioned designer/maker. It has no attribution mark and no
official proof of authenticity,
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