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Corneille (Cornelis van Beverloo) , 1922-, Belgian painter. Corneille was a member of CoBrA, the European group allied with abstract expressionism . His work is characterized by linear, weblike configurations that often form broken representational elements.

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Corneille ( Cornelis van Beverloo) (b Liège, 3 July 1922). Belgian painter, active mainly in Paris. He was a founder member of Cobra in 1948 and his paintings typically display brilliant colour and vigorous brushwork, with childlike imagery suggesting mythical beings.

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Corneille ( Cornelis van Beverloo) (1922– ). Belgian painter, active mainly in Paris. He was a founder member of Cobra in 1948 and his paintings typically display brilliant colour and vigorous brushwork, with childlike imagery suggesting mythical beings.

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