Constant with his grandmother

1923

Constant with his grandmother, Constantine Eugénie Clazine Petronelle De Kokelaer Bouwens, known as Constance, ca 1923. Constant was named after his grandmother, from paternal side.

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Constant as a baby with bear

1921

ca 1921
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As a baby with book, 1920

1920

According to Constant the photographer had given him a teddy bear and a dinky toy to pose with. Constant had thrown both toys in the corner and pointed at a book. After the photographer had given it to him, he posed quietly for the photo.

Constant is overduidelijk aanwezig

Article by Frans Duister on three exhibitions with Constant's work in Amsterdam in 1978: Aquarellen en tekeningen at Galerie d'Art, Schilderijen 1969-77 at Stedelijk Museum and Constant | Grafiek at Printshop Piet Clement.

 

Eva Nieuwenhuys-1

Portrait of Constant his daughter Eva Nieuwenhuys. 

ca 1954

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New light on the Cobra movement. Constant: ‘There is no Cobra style and no Cobra aesthetic’. | Esther Schreuder

Curator/art historian/researcher's blog on the Cobra group in Dutch and English.