Corneille, Oiseau, 1980. hand-painted silver plaque, 26 x 17 cm, hand-signed.

Corneille (1922-2010) was a painter and graphic artist who radicalised the conservative Dutch art world in the early 1950s. Together with five other influential artists, including Karel Appel and Constant, he founded the post-war European expressionist movement CoBrA in 1948. Corneille took courses in drawing and etching at the Academy of Visual Arts in Amsterdam between 1940 and 1942, but is generally considered a self-taught painter. Initially strongly influenced by the work of Picasso, Corneille produced abstract work. From the late 1960s, Corneille's work takes on a more figurative character. In this work, birds, women and flowers are often the subject.

Condition: the painting is in good condition and is framed.