Cobra
Subtitle: the history of a European avant-garde movement, 1948-1951
By: Willemijn Stokvis ; translation, Rosalind Buck for English Proze
Contributors: Buck, Rosalind, translator
Publisher: nai010 publishers
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9789462082663
Subjects: Modernism (Art); Avant-garde (Aesthetics); Modern Art; Cobra (Association); History
Work titles: Cobra
Description: Radical post-war artists’ group Cobra (1948-1951) caused a revolution in modern art that affects the ideas and expressions of art to this day. Creative freedom, experimentation and social engagement were the motives of this movement. In this fully updated standard work from 1974, Willemijn Stokvis presents the history of this influential international avant-garde movement, which included artists such as Asger Jorn, Pierre Alechinsky, Karel Appel, Constant and Corneille. Her study is based on numerous documents, conversations and correspondence with both the artists themselves and many eyewitnesses.
Notes: Previous ed.: 2004.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-407) and index.

Translated from the Dutch.
Table of contents: title: Prelude; title: Establishment and history of the Cobra Group; title: Balance of a movement; title: The further development of the Cobra artists; title: Concluding observations; title: Scheme.