Corneille - Etching and Aquatint, Nude with cat and bird

Title: Nude with Cat and Bird Year: 1998 Image dimensions: 36 cm x 27 cm (framed 53 cm x 43 cm) Edition: 13/80 Signed: Yes, handwritten in pencil (bottom right) Material: Etching and Aquatint on paper Framed: Yes. Condition: Very good Corneille stood at the cradle of free painting in Europe. In 1948, he also met Constant and, together with others, founded the Dutch Experimental Group and later Cobra. Cobra was founded by the Belgians Christian Dotremont and Joseph Noiret, the Dane Asger Jorn, and the Dutch Karel Appel, Constant, and Corneille. The name Cobra refers to the international element of this art movement. The abbreviation stands for Copenhagen, Brussels, and Amsterdam, the capitals of the countries from which most Cobra artists originated. In 1948, he settled in Paris. For Corneille, the Cobra era was primarily characterized by experimentation. Art had to be naive and, above all, spontaneous. The academic and intellectual approach was rejected by the Cobra artists. They drew inspiration primarily from children's drawings, primitive folk art, and 'outsider art,' art created by mentally ill artists. This 'naive' art form is seen by art critics as a reaction to the horrors and arbitrariness of the Second World War.