Corneille

6 Sep 2010 - Yesterday Dutch painter Corneille, co-founder of the avant-garde Cobra movement, died at the age of 88. Corneille, born as Cornelis Guillaume Beverloo, died in France where he lived and worked. The Cobra movement was founded after the second World War by artists from Copenhagen, Amsterdam and Brussels. The group preached freedom of color and form, and drew inspiration from children's drawings, primitive art works and the works by Joan Miro and Paul Klee. Corneille is considered one of the most important modern graphic artists of the last century. The group had great influence on Scandinavian art, and fellow Cobra member Karel Appel became world-famous. Corneille was also avant-garde in the sense that he commercialized his art at an early stage, by selling his prints to be used on t-shirts, pens and ties. His commercial instincts were not always appreciated in the art world. R.I.P.