Victor and Constant at home, 1949

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 gallery Santee Landweer, 1948

1948

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, 1948

1948

Constant, Corneille and Appel in studio Karel Appel in Amsterdam, 1948

De Experimentele Groep at the studio of Karel Appel, 1948

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 in the studio of Karel Appel, 1948

1948

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).

 

Group photo for the Høst exhibition in Copenhagen

1948

Group photo on the occasion of the Høst exhibition from 19 November - 6 December 1948 in Copenhagen.
Back row f.l.t.r: Sixten Wiklund, Ernest Mancoba, Carl-Henning Pedersen, Erik Ortvad, Ejler Bille, Knud Nielsen, Tage Mellerup, Aage Vogel-Jørgensen and Erik Thommesen. Middle row f.l.t.r: Karel Appel, Tonie Sluyter, Christian Dotremont, Sonja Ferlov, her son Wonga, and Else Alfelt. Front row f.l.t.r: Asger Jorn, Corneille, Constant and Henry Heerup playing the flute.

Mancoba, Ortvad, Corneille, Appel and Constant

1948

Copenhagen, 1948.
F.l.t.r.: Ernest Mancoba, Erik Ortvad, Corneille, Karel Appel and Constant. 

Manifest

1948

Manifest (Manifesto) in Reflex: orgaan van de experi­mentele groep in Holland, nº 1, 1948
Republished in Documents relatifs à la fondation de l'Internationale Situationniste 1948-1957, Paris, Allia, 1985, pp. 20-34.

The Høst group and the Experimental Group at the zoo in Copenhagen

1948

The Høst group and the Experimental Group in Holland at the zoo in Copenhague, November 1948.
f.l.t.r.: Constant, Vibeke alfelt, Ejler Bille, Corneille, Knud Nielsen, Tonie Sluyter, Sonja Ferlov with her son Wonga, Karel Appel, Erik Ortvad, Ernest Mancoba, Else Alfelt, Carl-Henning Pedersen with, at the front, their daughter Karl, Agnete Therkildsen and Ortvad's son with his mother behind him.

Constant with Victor and Matie with Martha

1946

f.l.t.r.: Victor, son of Constant and Matie, Constant, his wife Matie and their daughter Martha, born August 13, 1946.

ca 1946

Family, ca 1946 [I]

1946

Victor, Constant, Matie and Martha, ca 1946

Wedding Constant & Matie van Domselaer, 1942

1942

Wedding Constant and Matie van Domselaer in Bergen, the Netherlands, 1942

NB: Not available in high res!

Wedding day of Constant's brother Jan with Cocky

1942

F.l.t.r. Ciska and Sjaak Debets (Cocky's parents), Ria Debets (Cocky's sister), Cocky Debets (wife Jan Nieuwenhuys), Jan Nieuwenhuys, mother and father of Constant and grandmother of Constant from father's side and in the back Arie Teeuwisse, Irmgard and Jan Meefout.
In the house of Cocky's parents on the wedding day of Cocky and Jan in 1950.

Pieter Nieuwenhuijs

1940

The father of Constant.

ca 1940

NB: We do not have a version fit for print of this image.

 

School Photo Constant at Instituut voor Kunstnijverheidsonderwijs

1939

School Photo Constant at Instituut voor Kunstnijverheidsonderwijs at Gabriel Metsustraat, Amsterdam, 1939.
Constant is in the middle of the fourth row, in between two professors at the third row. 

NB: we do not have a TIFF image of this picture!

Constant's grandfather, Cornelissen, 1938

1938

Constant's grandfather, from mother's side, Cornelissen, 1938

Constant and his family

1933

f.l.t.r. and t.t.b.: Constant's father, his mother, his grandmother, Constant and his brother Jan.

ca 1933

NB: We do not have a version fit for print of this image.

 

Class Photo Constant at the St. Gerardus Majella School

1932

Class Photo of Constant at the St. Gerardus Majella School, April 7th of 1932. Constant sits front row right holding the sign.