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 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, 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 Nijholm 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.
The experimental artists arriving at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam with their work for the Cobra exhibition from November 3 until 16, 1949
Victor and Constant at home at the Henri Polaklaan 25, Amsterdam, 1949. Paintings and drawings by Constant hang on the wall, from left to right the goache Barricade (II), 1950 and three unknown works which might have been destroyed by Constant himself.
Constant, Appel and Corneille at their exhibition at gallery Santee Landweer, Amsterdam from February 14 till March 4th, 1948.
Constant, Corneille and Appel in studio Karel Appel in Amsterdam, 1948
De Experimentele Groep at the studio of Karel Appel in Amsterdam, 1948.
Standing f.l.t.r.: Anton Rooskens, Jan Nieuwenhuijs, Eugène Brands, Karel Appel, Theo Wolvecamp
Sitting f.l.t.r.: Corneille, Gerrit Kouwenaar, Jan Elburg and Constant playing guitar.
De Experimentele Groep in Holland (The Experimental Group in Holland) in the studio of Karel Appel in Amsterdam, Autumn 1948.
Back row f.l.t.r.: Karel Appel, Jan Elburg and Gerrit Kouwenaar;
front row f.l.t.r.: Theo Wolvecamp, Corneille (chairman), Constant (secretary), Jan Nieuwenhuys, Eugène Brands and Anton Rooskens (treasurer).
