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Corneille (Belgian, 1922)
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Corneille
Femme verte VII
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Biography |
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1922 |
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Born: in Liège, Belgium |
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1940 |
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Emigrated to the Netherlands, subsequently naturalized |
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1940 - 1943 |
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Studied drawing at the Amsterdam Rijksakademie, but taught himself how to paint. While at the academy he became a close friend of Karel Appel |
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1948 |
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Co-founded the REFLEX movement
Co-founded the CoBra or Cobra Group |
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1950 |
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Moved to Paris, France |
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1953 |
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Studied etching under S.W. Hayter at Atelier 17, Paris, France |
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1954 - 1955 |
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Studied Ceramics with Mazzotti at Albisola Mare, Italy |
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1956 |
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Awarded the Guggenheim Netherlands Prize |
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1961 - 1966 |
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Worked in Mallorca and Cadaques, Spain |
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Lives and works in Paris, France |
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Exhibitions |
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2008 |
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"Cobra & Co: Engravings and Prints," Palais des Beaux-Arts/Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels, Belgium
"Alex Rosenberg: Collector and Patron," Freedman Gallery at Albright College, Reading, PA
"Cobra to Contemporary," Artnews Projects, Berlin, Germany
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2007 |
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"Match Race: Modernistic Remixes Between Now and Then," Kunsten Museum of Modern Art, Aalborg, Germany
"Auktion 25," Auktionshaus und Galerie, Berlin, Germany
"Cobra Reykjavik," Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
"Strip en Kunst," Singer Laren, Laren, The Netherlands |
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2006 |
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"Auktion 23," Auktionshaus und Galerie, Berlin Germany
"What Happened to Art," Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
"Vernissage," Cobra Museum, Amstelveen, The Netherlands |
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2005 |
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"Corneille," Carl Hennign Pedersen og Else Alfelts Museum, Herning, Denmark (solo)
"Accrochage," Gallerie Boisseree, Cologne, Germany
"Cobra Collectie," Cobra Museum, Amstelveen, The Netherlands |
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2004 |
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"Tomi Ungerer," Galerie Kuhn, Berlin, Germany
"Homage a Picasso," Galerie Wolfgang Exner, Vienna, Austria ,br> "Corneille: Gemalde, Gouachen, Zeichnungen," Die Galerie, Frankfurt, Germany (solo) |
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2003 |
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"Corneil: errinnerungen 1941 bis 1951," Kunstverein Buchholz, Buchholz, Germany (solo) |
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2001 |
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"Traumbilder: Schumacker," Editionen Fils GmbH, Dusseldorf, Germany (solo) |
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1999 - 2000 |
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"From Kandinsky till Corneille: Linoleum in Art During the 20th Century," Cobra Museum, Amstelveen, The Netherlands |
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1998 |
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"Corneille," Gallerie San Carlo, Milan, Italy (solo) |
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1996 |
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"Cobra nd the Stedelijk," Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
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1989 |
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Bienal Sao Paulo, Brazil |
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1987 |
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Galerie Eugen Lendi, Graz, Austria |
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1985 |
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Beinal, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
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1983 |
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"Cobra 1948-51," Musee d'Art Moderne, Paris, France |
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1982 |
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Galerie Krikhaar, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (solo) |
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1981 |
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Galerie Fabien Boulakia, Paris, France (solo)
Gallerie Hammerlunds, Oslo, Norway |
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1980 |
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Galerie Delta, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (solo)
Galerie Michel Casse, Paris, France (solo)
Galerie Reflex, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (solo) |
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1979 |
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Galerie Fabien Boulakia, Paris, France (solo)
Galerie L'Oeil de Boeuf, Paris, France (solo)
New Gallery, Jabbeke, Belgium (solo)
Galerij Maeyaert, Ostend, Belgium 9solo) |
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1978 |
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"Cobra 1948-78," Statens Museum for Konst, Copenhagen, Denmark
Galerie Orientale, Geneva, Switzerland (solo)
Gallerie Kanda Malare, Jonkoping, Sweden (solo)
Galleria Bonaparte, Milan, Italy (solo) |
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1977 |
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Galerie Espace, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (solo)
Galleri Documenta, Copenhagen, Denmakr, (solo)
Maison Bernard, Caracas, Venezuela (solo) |
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1976 |
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Galleri Documenta, Copenhagen, Denmark (solo)
Centro d'Arte, Sarono, Italy (solo)
Galerie Riis, Trondheim, Norway (solo)
Galerie Fabien Boulakia, Paris, France (solo)
Galerie Moderne, Silkeborg, Denmark (solo)
Lefebre Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1975 |
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Galeria del Cavallino, Rome, Italy (solo)
Petite Galeria, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (solo)
Galerie L'Oeil de Boueuf, Paris, France (solo)
Meseu de Arte Moderno, Sao Paulo, Brazil (solo)
Galerie Espace, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (solo)
Institut Neerlandais, Paris, France (solo)
Galleria Gian Ferrari, Milan Italy, (solo)
Galerie Krikhaar, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (solo)
Galleria M. Arte, Milan, Italy (solo)
Galleria C.M. Rome, Italy (solo)
Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA (solo) |
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1974 |
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Galleria Le Medusa, Rome, Italy
"The Quartier Rose of Amsterdam," Lefebre Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Galerie Montjoie, Brussels, Belgium (solo)
Palazzo Buonacorsi, Macerata, Italy (solo)
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Chaleroi, Belgium (solo)
"Retrospective Tentoonstelling: Corneille," Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Ghent, Belgium (solo)
Studio Erre, Rome, Italy (solo)
Galleria La Medusa, Rome, Italy (solo) |
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1973 |
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"Homage a Picasso," Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hannover, Germany |
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1972 |
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Galleria 70, Potenza, Italy (solo)
Schillerhof, Graz, Austria (solo) |
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1971 |
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Galerie Rive Gauche, Paris, France (solo)
Palais Walderdorf, Trier, Germany (solo)
Galeria Ivan Spence, Ibiza, Spain (solo)
Galeria d'Arte, Trieste (solo)
Kunstverein, Salzburg, Austria (solo)
Lefebre Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1970 |
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Galerie Ariel, Paris, France (solo)
Galeria La Pochade, Paris, France (solo)
Lefebre Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Galeria Ivan Spence, Ibiza, Spain (solo) |
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1969 |
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Galerie Stangl, Munich, Germany (solo)
Galeria Ivan Spence, Ibiza, Spain (solo) |
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1968 |
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Galerie Espace, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (solo)
Galerie Casse, Paris, France (solo) |
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1967 |
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Galerie Kaleidoskoop, Ghent, Belgium (solo)
Lefebre Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1966 |
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Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (solo)
Kunsthalle, Dusseldorf, Germany (solo)
Galeria Relevo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (solo) |
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1965 |
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Cultureel Centrum, Hilversum, The Netherlands (solo)
Galerie Stangl, Munich, Germany (solo)
Lefebre Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1964 |
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Documenta 3, Kassel, Germany
"Guggenheim Internatioanl," Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Galeria Souza, Mexico City, Mexico (solo)
Lefebre Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Galleria Schwarz, Milan, Italy (solo) |
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1963 |
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Galleria del Naviglio, Milan, Italy (solo)
Musee d'Antibes, France (solo)
Gallerie Blanche, Stolkholm, Sweden (solo)
Galerie Le Point Cardinal, Paris, France (solo)
Galerie Creuzevalt, Paris, France (solo) |
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1962 |
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LeFebre Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Galerie Mathias Fels, Paris, France (solo) |
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1961 |
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Galerie Ariel, Paris, France (solo)
Haags, Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, The Netherlands (solo)
Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands (solo)
Brook Street Gallery, London, UK (solo)
K.B. Gallerie, Oslo, Norway (solo) |
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1960 |
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"Tekening van Corneille," Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
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1959 |
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Documenta 2, Kassel, Germany
Galerie Espace, Haarlem, Netherlands (solo)
Galerie Le Gendre, Paris, France (solo) |
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1957 |
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Salon des Réalités Nouvelles, Paris, France
Museum of Curacao, Dutch Antilles (solo) |
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1956 |
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"Carnegie International," Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
Galerie Craven, Paris, France (solo)
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium (solo)
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (solo)
Stedelijk Museum, Schiedam, The Netherlands (solo) |
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1954 |
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Galerie Colette Allendy, Paris, France (solo) |
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1953 |
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Kunstkabinett Horemans, Antwerp, Belgium (solo)
Bienal, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
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1951 |
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"Salon de Mai," Musee d'Arte Moderne, Paris, France
Martinet en Michels, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (solo)
Galerie t'Venster, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (solo) |
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1950 |
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Galleri Birch, Copenhage, Denmark (solo) |
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1949 |
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"CoBrA" Exhibition, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Participated in the 1949 NEG and CoBrA exhibitions at the Galerie Colette Allendy in Paris and the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam |
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1947 |
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Europai Iskola, Budapest, Hungary (solo) |
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1946 |
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Het Beerenhuis in Groningen, The Netherlands (solo)
"Junge Schilders," Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
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Selected Public Colelctions: |
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Art Institute of Chicago , Chicago, IL
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana, IN
Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS |
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