These four handpainted posters were shown at the opening exhibition Wonder in Kranenburgh last year. They are hand painted posters by Appel, Constant and Corneille advertising their exhibition in Bergen in the summer of 1949.
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Appel, Constant, Corneille, Kunstzaal Hubers, 1949-1
25-03-2014
Constant, Vrouw met hond, 1949
25-03-2014
At the Post-War and Contemporary Art auction 7 and 8 of April 2014 Vrouw en hond, 1949 and Femme Terrible, 1949 will be auctioned. Vrouw en hond, 1949 originally comes from the Karel van Stuijvenberg Collection and Femme Terrible, 1949 comes from the estate of the architect Har Oudejans, who bought it directly from Constant.
Post-War and Contemporary Art auction
25-03-2014
Three months after publication of our website Fondation Constant celebrates a proud moment of recognition. From April 24th 2014 www.stichtingconstant.nl will be included in the digital archive of the Koninklijke Bibliotheek (National library of the Netherlands). The Koninklijke Bibliotheek preserves websites that are an important part of the Dutch digital heritage and that need to be preserved for present and future research. They preserve a collection of websites that is representative of the Dutch culture, history and society.
F.l.t.r. Trudy Nieuwenhuys, Ludo van Halem and Yoshikazu Nango
24-03-2014
On March 11 and 20 Yoshikazu Nango, a Japanese scholar from the Meiji University in Tokyo, interviewed mrs Nieuwenhuys and Ludo van Halem for his dissertation about the influence of Constant on the modern city and architecture.
As sociologist mr Nango studies Theory of Urbanism and Architecture and wrote several papers on Constant voor Tokyo University and Japanese magazines. He will visit the Netherlands several times in the near future for more interviews and to see the collection.
Els Ottenhof in front of Constant's Construction with Ladders (1961), 2011
19-03-2014
As of March 18th 2014 Els Ottenhof (Financial Director of the Cobra museum) has joined our board as chair woman. By taking this position she allows mrs Trudy Nieuwenhuys-van der Horst to focus all of her attention on the research for the catalogue raisonné. Trudy will remain on the board as a member. We feel blessed to have these two dedicated and skillfull women on our team and look forward to the future!
Constant, Les Touristes, 1972
18-03-2014
Bozro shows the painting Les Touristes (1972) and the Observatorium (1956) of Constant and work by amongst others Schoonhoven at the TEFAF 2014
Steve Mcqueen, 1969
04-02-2014
Fondation Constant is proud to present the exhibition MEER MACHT (More Power) that will open on March 30th at Museum De Fundatie in Zwolle. Fondation Constant gave several works on loan for the exhibition: the construction Two Towers and several collages from 1972 that have only been exhibited once before in 1973.
20-01-2014
Friday January 17th Metahaven Selected Projects 2010-2014 opened at the Cobra museum. Amongst the finished projects it showed a movie that Metahaven had made with Constant's New Babylon constructions the previous months. Fondation Constant was present at the opening and impressed with Metahaven's work.
Constant, Wild West, 1962
17-12-2013
Spirit of Cobra, a major exhibition exploring the roots and inspiration of the European avant-garde Cobra movement, on view November 8, 2013 through May 18, 2014. Spirit of Cobra highlights the unique meeting of young artists who came together from several European countries in the aftermath of World War II to create a living art, based on spontaneity, experimentation, socialist politics, and exuberant optimism.
Constant, Wild West, 1962, oil on canvas, 19 in x 43 in, Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale, Nova Southeastern University, The Golda and Meyer Marks Cobra Collection, M-79.20
12-11-2013
As we speak Trudy, the president of Fondation Constant is flying back from Fort Lauderdale, Florida where she was present at the opening of the Cobra exhibition SPIRIT OF COBRA at the Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale. She was invited by the museum as a representative of Constant and the foundation to be interviewed for the local public television station and for the archives of the museum.
NSU MUSEUM OF ART FORT LAUDERDALE ANNOUNCES
SPIRIT OF COBRA