COBRA (art movement)

CoBra member Karel Appel working on a mural in Rotterdam for the Manifestation E55

COBRA or Cobra, often stylized as CoBrA, was a European avant-garde art group[1] active from 1948 to 1951. The name was coined in 1948 by Christian Dotremont from the initials of the members' home countries' capital cities: Copenhagen (Co), Brussels (Br), Amsterdam (A).

  1. ^ Rietbergen, P. J. A. N. (2000). A Short History of the Netherlands: From Prehistory to the Present Day (4th ed.). Amersfoort: Bekking. p. 154. ISBN 90-6109-440-2. OCLC 52849131.