Corneille – Guillaume Cornelis van Beverloo (3 July 1922 – 5 September 2010), better known under his

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Corneille, was a Dutch artist. Corneille was born in Liège,

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, although his parents were Dutch and moved back to the Netherlands when he was 12. He studied art at the Academy of Art in Amsterdam, in the

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. He was one of the founders of the

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in 1948 and in 1949 he was also one of the founders of the COBRA movement, which has had great influence on

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. He was active within the group from the beginning, not only painting but also publishing poetry in the ''Cobra magazine''. He was a cofounder of the '. Corneille was inspired by the drawings of children, and believed in the importance of approaching children with art that connects with their experience. When he heard during a Cobra Museum visit in the nineties that there was an “Art Lending for Children” he talked with the founde
''Roby Bellemans''
and asked him to send more information to his home in Paris about this project. He decided to promote the initiative. He started with a support list and persuaded other artists such as

Shinkichi Tajiri Shinkichi Tajiri (Los Angeles, December 7, 1923 – Baarlo, Netherlands, March 15, 2009) was an American sculptor who resided in the Netherlands from 1956 onwards. He was also active in painting, photography and cinematography. Childhood and ...

to sign. File:Piano beschilderd door Corneille bij kijkdag Christies - ANEFO.jpg, Piano painted by Corneille photographed at auction sale on Christies viewing day in 1987 File:Cobra museum 5.jpg, Statue ''De Vliegende Kat'' by Corneille in the pond behind the

Cobra Museum The Cobra Museum of Modern Art ( nl, Cobra Museum voor Moderne Kunst) is an art museum in Amstelveen in the Netherlands. The collection of the museum consists of key works by artists associated with three art movements, Vrij Beelden (1945), Cobr ...

in Amstelveen The poetic Corneille was strongly influenced by Miró and

Klee Paul Klee (; 18 December 1879 – 29 June 1940) was a Swiss-born German artist. His highly individual style was influenced by movements in art that included expressionism, cubism, and surrealism. Klee was a natural draftsman who experimented w ...

. After the group dissolved in 1951 he moved to

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and began collecting

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. These artifacts became evident in his works, which began to take on a more imaginative style, like landscapes seen from a bird's eye view, exotic birds and stylised forms. His work is in the collection of the

Centre Georges Pompidou The Centre Pompidou (), more fully the Centre national d'art et de culture Georges-Pompidou ( en, National Georges Pompidou Centre of Art and Culture), also known as the Pompidou Centre in English, is a complex building in the Beaubourg area of ...

. Until his death Corneille lived and worked in Paris, and made visits to Israel where he worked with the

Jaffa Atelier Jaffa, in Hebrew Yafo ( he, יָפוֹ, ) and in Arabic Yafa ( ar, يَافَا) and also called Japho or Joppa, the southern and oldest part of Tel Aviv-Yafo, is an ancient port city in Israel. Jaffa is known for its association with the b ...

. On 24 September 2003 an exhibition of his prints opened at the Ramat Gan Museum of Israeli Art, Israel. He died at

Auvers-sur-Oise Auvers-sur-Oise (, literally ''Auvers on Oise'') is a commune in the department of Val-d'Oise, on the northwestern outskirts of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. It is associated with several famous artists, the most promin ...

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''Art Signature Dictionary – See Guillaume Cornelis van Beverloo's signature, although the police seizure of counterfeit''Sculptures & Graphic edition by Corneille
produced in

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

2000–2010 {{DEFAULTSORT:Beverloo, Guillaume Cornelis Van 1922 births 2010 deaths 20th-century Dutch painters Dutch male painters 21st-century Dutch painters 20th-century Dutch sculptors Dutch male sculptors 21st-century Dutch sculptors Abstract painters Commanders of the Order of the Netherlands Lion Artists from Liège People with bipolar disorder Pseudonymous artists Dutch expatriates in France Dutch expatriates in Belgium 20th-century Dutch male artists