COBRA (avant-garde movement)
COBRA was a post-World War II European avant-garde movement (the name is derived from the initials of the members' home cities: Copenhagen, Brussels, Amsterdam).
COBRA was formed from an amalgamation of the Dutch group Reflex, the Danish group Host and the Belgian Revolutionary Surrealist Group.
Some of the prominent participants in COBRA were:
- Pierre Alechinsky, (born 1927}
- Else Alfelt, (1910-1974)
- Karel Appel, (born 1921)
- Jean-Michel Atlan, (1913-1960
- Ejler Bille, (born 1910)
- Constant, (born 1920)
- Corneille, (born 1922
- Christian Dotrement, (1922-1981)
- Jacques Doucet, (born 1924
- William Gear, (1915-1997)
- Stephen Gilbert, (born 1910)
- Henry Heerup, (1907-1993)
- Egill Jacobsen, (1910-1998)
- Asger Jorn, (1914-1973)
- Lucebert, (1924-1994)
- Jørgen Nash, (born 1920)
- Erik Ortvad, (born 1917)
- Carl-Henning Pedersen, (born 1913)
- Anton Rooskens, (1906-1976)
- Raoul Ubac, (1910-1985)
- Theo Wolvecamp, (1925-1992)
