Corneille, last of the Dutch Cobra founding artists, dies

Dutch painter Corneille, one of the founders of the avant-garde Cobra movement, died on Sunday at the age of 88.


Corneille, born in Belgium to Dutch parents, died in France where he had lived and worked for many years. He was the last of the founding Dutch Cobra artists.
The Cobra movement was founded in 1948 and takes its name from the cities of Copenhagen, Brussels and Amsterdam.
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