Constant, Appel and Corneille on horseback

1949

Constant, Appel and Corneille are riding horse in Tegelen, 1949.
They were making their ceramics in Tegelen.

NB: Not available in high res!

Constant, Else Alfelt, Nelly Riemens and Karel Appel, 1949

1949

F.l.t.r: Constant, Else Alfelt (Høst), Nelly Riemens and Karel Appel at Constant's home at the Henri Polaklaan 25, Amsterdam, November 1949.

Cultuur en contra-cultuur

1949

Cultuur en contra-cultuur (Culture and counter-culture) in Reflex: orgaan van de experi­mentele groep in Holland, nº 2, 1949. Republished with title Culture et contre-culture in Documents relatifs à la fondation de l’Internationale Situationniste 1948-1957, Paris, Allia, 1985, pp. 41-43 and pp. 59-61.

C’est notre désir qui fait la révolution

1949

C’est notre désir qui fait la révolution, published in Cobra, organe du front international des artistes expérimentaux d’avant-garde [organ of the International Front of Avant-garde Experimental Artists], 4 November 1949, 3-4.

De conferentie van Parijs

1949

De conferentie van Parijs (The conference of Paris) in Reflex: orgaan van de experimentele groep in Holland, nº 2, 1949. Republished in Documents relatifs à la fondation de l’Internationale Situation­niste 1948-1957, Paris, Allia, 1985, pp. 36.

De experimentele groep

1949

De experimentele groep (The experimental group) in Kroniek van kunst en cultuur, nº 11, 1949. Republished with title Le groupe expérimental in Documents relatifs à la fondation de l’Internationale Situationniste 1948-1957, Paris, Allia, 1985, pp.13-17.

DE EXPERIMENTELE GROEP

1949

Text by Constant, placed in ‘Kroniek van kunst en Kultur’, Maandblad 10, jaargang n. 11, november 1949. 

Experimental artists entering the Cobra exhibition in the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, November 1949

1949

Cobra exhibition in Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, November 1949. Experimental artists entering the museum with their work, November 3, 1949.
F.l.t..r: Constant with his son Victor (carrying Constant's painting Masque/Masker, 1949), Eugène Brands, Tonie Sluyter (Appel's girlfriend), Anton Rooskens, Karel Appel, Jacques Doucet, Gerrit Kouwenaar, Theo Wolvecamp, Lucebert and Jan Elburg.

Høsterport

1949

Høsterport in Les artistes libres, Cobra nº 1, 1949. Republished in Documents relatifs à la fondation de l’Internationale Situationniste 1948-1957, Paris, Allia, 1985, p. 64.

Le Barricade at the entrance of the Cobra exhibition, 1949

1949

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 in Constant's home, 1949 II

1949

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, 1949

1949

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 in Erik Nyholm's home, Denmark, 1949

1949

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 at Erik Nijholm's home, 1949

1949

Murals by Constant and Corneille in the house of ceramist and trout breeder Erik Nijholm in Funder, Jutland, Denmark, November 30, 1949. 

 

Murals by Constant and Corneille in Erik Nyholm's home, Denmark, 1949

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 by Constant in Erik Nyholm's home, Denmark, 1949

1949

Murals (and ceiling) painted by Constant in the house of ceramist and trout breeder Erik Nyholm in Funder, Jutland, Denmark, November 30, 1949.

Ortvad, Constant, Else Alfelt and Corneille, 1949

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.

The experimental artists at the entrance of the Cobra exhibition in SMA with their work, 1949

1949

The experimental artists arriving at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam with their work for the Cobra exhibition from November 3 until 16, 1949