Le Barricade at the entrance of the Cobra exhibition, Internationale Tentoonstelling van Experimentele Kunst at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam from 03-28 November 1949. Constant painted this very large painting of 372 by 300 cm on location just before the opening of the exhibition. Eugene Brands and Karel Appel also painted large scale paintings on location, specially for the exhibition.
Mural by Constant and Karel Appel at Constant's home at the Henri Polaklaan 25, 1949. The mural doesn't exist anymore.
Mural by Karel Appel and Constant in Constant's home at the Henri Polaklaan 25 in Amsterdam. The mural does not exist anymore.
Constant wrote below the photo: Décoration de la maison de Constant, Henri Polaklaan 25, Amsterdam-detail Appel et Constant, nov 1949-1 maintenant détruit
Mural by Karel Appel with signatures of Constant, Corneille and Appel above the door in the house of ceramist and trout breeder Erik Nyholm in Funder, Jutland, Denmark.
The signature reads: 30 november 1949 Constant, Corneille, Appel.
Only the ceiling painting has been preserved. [Source: Marcel Hummeling, 2002]
Murals by Constant and Corneille in the house of ceramist and trout breeder Erik Nyholm in Funder, Jutland, Denmark, November 30, 1949.
Murals by Constant and Corneille in the house of ceramist and trout breeder, Erik Nijholm, in Funder, Jutland, Denmark, November 30, 1949. Back wall by Corneille, right wall by Constant.
Murals (and ceiling) painted by Constant in the house of ceramist and trout breeder Erik Nyholm in Funder, Jutland, Denmark, November 30, 1949.
F.l.t.r: Ortvad (Høst), Constant, Else Alfelt (Høst) and Corneille at the Henri Polaklaan 25, Amsterdam, November 1949.
A gathering of the members of the Høst group and De Experimentele Groep in Holland, most likely in preparation for the exhibition Internationale Tentoonstelling van Experimentele Kunst at the Stedelijk Museum in November of that year. On the wall, partly visible, is Constant's painting "Witte vogel", 1948. Constant was secretary of De Experimentele Groep in Holland and his living room often the head quarters for the meetings.
