Corneille - Silkscreen by Corneille L’arbre L'oiseau = The tree the bird - Sold

Screenprint by Corneille L'arbre L'oiseau = The Tree the Bird, from 1981. The work is signed in pencil at the lower right by the artist. Edition 99/200
Corneille was at the forefront 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 Dutchmen 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 period 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 World War II.