Image

Constant Nieuwenhuys-Fête de la Tristesse, 1949

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Fête de la tristesse

1949
Cobra
85,0cm
x 110,0cm
linen
oil paint
Collection Museum Boijmans van Beuningen Rotterdam, NL on longterm loan from Rijksdienst voor Cultureel Erfgoed

CID

281

Painted on his birthday July 21st, 1949, this painting captures the heartache Constant experiences after his wife Matie has left him for his friend and colleague Asger Jorn, taking his two daughters Martha and Olga with her.

    English title

    Feast of Sadness

    Alternate titles

    Feest der droevenis
    2015
    Fête de la tristesse
    1948

    Signed/dated

    Signed and dated Constant '49, top center in black

    Provenance

    1949 Constant
    1962 Collection Rijksdienst voor Cultureel Erfgoed | K62384
    2002 Collection Museum Boijmans van Beuningen Rotterdam, NL
    Tags
    Animal
    Fantasy creature
    Figures
    Heartache
    Love

    Frame dimensions

    unknown
    Title Type Year
    Cobra: a Short Animated History Film 2009
    Constant, avant le départ Film 2005

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