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COBRA was a post- World War II European avant-garde movement (the name is derived from the initials of the members' home cities: Copenhagen, Brussels, Amsterdam).COBRA was formed from an amalgamation of the Dutch group Reflex , the Danish group Host and the Belgian Revolutionary Surrealist Group .
There is a COBRA Museum in Amstelveen, Netherlands, displaying works by Karel Appel and other international avant-garde art.
Some of the prominent participants in COBRA were:
- Pierre Alechinsky, (born 1927Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s Years: 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 See also 1927 in aviation 1927 in film 1927 in literature 1927 in mu}
- Else AlfeltElse Alfelt ( September 16, 1910 August 9, 1974) was a painter who was born and died in Copenhagen. She was one of the two women in the CoBrA. She was married to Carl-Henning Pedersen, also a veteran of CoBrA. Alfelt begun her painting career early but ne, ( 1910Events January events January 13 The first live musical radio program. Lee De Forest broadcasts a live performance of Enrico Caruso from the Metropolitan Opera. January 26 ? Seine floods in Paris. February events February 8 The Boy Scouts of America is in- 19741974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). Events January-February January 5 Dungeons & Dragons officially released. February 4 Patricia Hearst, the 19 year old granddaughter of publisher William Randolph Hearst, is kidnapped)
- Karel Appel, (born 1921Events January 2 The first religious radio broadcast ( KDKA AM in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) January 2 Spanish liner Santa Isabel sinks off Villa Garcia 244 dead January 2 DeYoung Museum in Golden Gate Park San Francisco opens. January 20 Republic of Turke)
- Jean-Michel AtlanJean-Michel Atlan ( January 23, 1913 February 12, 1960) was born in Constantine, Algeria, and moved to Paris in 1930. He studied philosophy at the Sorbonne. He started as a self taught painter in 1941. He was arrested for being Jewish and for his politica, ( 19131913 is a common year starting on Wednesday. click on link for calendar) Events January-March January 30 House of Lords rejects Irish Home Rule Bill February 1 New York City's Grand Central Station opens as the world's largest train station. February 3 Th- 1960Events January-February January 1 Independence of Cameroon January 9 Aswan High Dam construction begins in Egypt January 11 Chad declares its independence. January 14 Ralph Chubb, the gay poet and printer, dies at Fair Oak Cottage in Hampshire. January 23
- Ejler Bille, (born 1910)
- Constant, (born 1920)
- Corneille, (born 1922
- Christian Dotrement , ( 1922- 1981)
- Jacques Doucet , (born 1924
- William Gear , ( 1915- 1997)
- Stephen Gilbert, (born 1910)
- Henry Heerup, ( 1907- 1993)
- Egill Jacobsen , ( 1910- 1998)
- Asger Jorn, ( 1914- 1973)
- Lucebert , ( 1924- 1994)
- Jørgen Nash, ( 1920- 2004)
- Jan Nieuwenhuys, ( 1922- 1986)
- Erik Ortvad, (born 1917)
- Carl-Henning Pedersen , (born 1913)
- Anton Rooskens , ( 1906- 1976)
- Raoul Ubac , ( 1910- 1985)
- Theo Wolvecamp , ( 1925- 1992)
The group held two large expositions, one at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam (1949) and the other at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Liège (1951). The primary focus of the group consisted of semiabstract paintings with brilliant color, violent brushwork, and distorted human figures inspired by primitive and folk art and similar to American Action Painting . Cobra was a milestone in the development of European Abstract Expressionism.
