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Guillaume Corneille BIOGRAPHY
1922 Liege, Belgium - 2010 Paris, France. Known for: Mixed-media abstraction, sculpture.
The following obituary is from The New York Times, September 7, 2010. "Corneille, 88, Dutch Artist With a Lyrical Modernism". by Liz Robbins. The Dutch artist Corneille, who created lyrical,... Read full biography
The following obituary is from The New York Times, September 7, 2010. "Corneille, 88, Dutch Artist With a Lyrical Modernism". by Liz Robbins. The Dutch artist Corneille, who created lyrical, expressionist paintings bursting with color and who was one of the founders of the postwar European art... Read full biography
The following obituary is from The New York Times, September 7, 2010. "Corneille, 88, Dutch Artist With a Lyrical Modernism". by Liz Robbins. The Dutch artist Corneille, who created lyrical, expressionist paintings bursting with color and who was one of the founders of the postwar European art movement known as Cobra, died on Sunday in Paris. He was 88 and lived in Paris. His death was announced by the Cobra Museum of Modern Art in the Netherlands. Corneille was best known for radicalizing the... Read full biography
The following obituary is from The New York Times, September 7, 2010. "Corneille, 88, Dutch Artist With a Lyrical Modernism". by Liz Robbins. The Dutch artist Corneille, who created lyrical, expressionist paintings bursting with color and who was one of the founders of the postwar European art movement known as Cobra, died on Sunday in Paris. He was 88 and lived in Paris. His death was announced by the Cobra Museum of Modern Art in the Netherlands. Corneille was best known for radicalizing the conservative Dutch art world in the early 1950s, making modern art not only acceptable, but embraceable as well. He placed familiar subjects — birds, cats, women and landscapes — in mythological and often childlike contexts, imbuing them with... Read full biography
The following obituary is from The New York Times, September 7, 2010. "Corneille, 88, Dutch Artist With a Lyrical Modernism". by Liz Robbins. The Dutch artist Corneille, who created lyrical, expressionist paintings bursting with color and who was one of the founders of the postwar European art movement known as Cobra, died on Sunday in Paris. He was 88 and lived in Paris. His death was announced by the Cobra Museum of Modern Art in the Netherlands. Corneille was best known for radicalizing the conservative Dutch art world in the early 1950s, making modern art not only acceptable, but embraceable as well. He placed familiar subjects — birds, cats, women and landscapes — in mythological and often childlike contexts, imbuing them with spontaneity and bright, sensual reds. "I am a painter of joy," Corneille remarked at a 2007 exhibition of his... Read full biography
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Corneille Guillaume Beverloo, Corneille, Beverloo Corneille, Pierre Corneille, Cornelius, Cornelis Guillaume Van Beverloo
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The following obituary is from The New York Times, September 7, 2010.
"Corneille, 88, Dutch Artist With a Lyrical Modernism"
by Liz Robbins
The Dutch artist Corneille, who created lyrical, expressionist paintings bursting with color and who was one of the founders of the postwar European art movement known as Cobra, died on Sunday in Paris. He was 88 and lived in Paris.
His death was announced by the Cobra Museum of Modern Art in the Netherlands.
Corneille was best known for radicalizing the conservative Dutch art world in the early 1950s, making modern art not only acceptable, but embraceable as well. He placed familiar subjects — birds, cats, women and landscapes — in mythological and often chil...But wait, there's more...
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