CORNEILLE (Cornelis van Beverloo)

Corneille, Cornelis van Beverloo, (born 1922), was one of the founders of the REFLEX movement in 1948 and in 1949 he was also one of the founders of the COBRA group in Denmark, which has had great influence on Scandinavian art. He was active within the group from the beginning, not only painting but also publishing poetry in the Cobra magazine. The poetic Corneille was strongly influenced by Miro and Klee.