Corneille

Luik, 1922

Biography

Together with Karel Appel and Constant, Corneille helped found the Dutch Experimental Group (1948) that later gave way to CoBrA. In 1950 Cornelis Guillaume van Beverloo – his official name – settled in Paris, where he exhibited in various shows.

A 1951 journey through the Sahara made a lasting impression, resulting in a series of paintings depicting the earth as a sun-parched body of sand and stone with only a few surviving species of plant and animal. In the years that followed Corneille went on to travel the world, journeying to South America, the United States and central Africa. The works he created during this time often took the form of bird’s-eye views of flat landscapes and cities, but increasingly he incorporated more movement, using stronger colour contrasts and compact shapes.

From the late Seventies onwards, Corneille’s paintings, gouaches and drawings became more representational, incorporating large areas of colour. In a lyric style he was never to abandon, he recorded what he had seen and experienced, painting visions of tropical landscapes and gardens with plants, animals and women.

Corneille became one of the most popular Dutch painters of his time, and his work still enjoys an international reputation. Jaski Art Gallery presides over an extensive collection of his work comprising paintings, gouaches, drawings, prints, objects, ceramics and decorative objects from 1948 to the present.

Corneille died in Paris in 2010, at the age of 88.

Works

Memorable Day

lithograph
2001
100 x 80 cm
Edition 200
€ 1.250

Après-midi d’été

lithograph
1961
51 x 65 cm
Edition 120
€ 1.500

Aube

lithograph
1964
38 x 25 cm
Edition 300
€ 1.000

Barbados

mixed media on paper
1959
30 x 40 cm
Price on request

L’ange descendu des Astres

screenprint
1992
61 x 71 cm
Edition 200
€ 500

Désert Fleurissant

mixed media on paper
1957
76 x 58 cm
Price on request

Afrique E

aquatint, etching
1998
48 x 36 cm
Edition EA 10
€ 350

Femme Rouge et L’oiseau Orange

lithograph
2004
81 x 77 cm
Edition 200
€ 1.250

Ciel Tropical

lithograph
1971
65 x 50 cm
Edition 150
€ 1.250

CoBrA

screenprint
1988
65 x 50 cm
Edition 200
€ 1.500

CoBrA

screenprint
1988
65 x 50 cm
Edition 200
€ 1.500

1948 IV

aquatint, etching
1988
81 x 60 cm
Edition 125
€ 1.250

1948 IX

aquatint, etching
1988
81 x 60 cm
Edition 125
€ 1.250

1948 VII

aquatint, etching
1988
60 x 81 cm
Edition 25/EA 11
€ 1.250

1948 V

aquatint, etching
1988
81 x 60 cm
Edition 25/EA 11
€ 1.250

1948 II

aquatint, etching
1988
81 x 60 cm
Edition EA 25
€ 1.250

1948 VIII

aquatint, etching
1988
81 x 60 cm
Edition 125
€ 1.250

1948 VI

aquatint, etching
1988
81 x 60 cm
Edition L/XLVIII
€ 1.250

1948 I

aquatint, etching
1988
81 x 60 cm
Edition 125
€ 1.250

1948 III

aquatint, etching
1988
81 x 60 cm
Edition 125
€ 1.250

Dialogue D’oiseaux

lithograph
1973
65 x 50 cm
Edition 190
€ 1.250

Domain des Oiseaux

multiple
1997
113 x 72 cm
Edition 60
€ 1.500

Crépuscule à L’aube

screenprint
1993
33 x 39 cm
Edition 200
€ 350

Ecrit à l’Encre Verte

lithograph
1964
38 x 25 cm
Edition 300
€ 1.000

El Gato Volador

lithograph
1999
60 x 50 cm
Edition 24
€ 1.250

Été

lithograph
1964
38 x 25 cm
Edition 300
€ 1.000

La Plage Jaune

screenprint
2002
40 x 30 cm
Edition 200
€ 350

Femme au Tigre A

lithograph
1986
39 x 50 cm
Edition 125
€ 650

Femme entre Chat et Oiseau

screenprint
1994
45 x 35 cm
Edition 200
€ 350

La Négresse

screenprint
1998
30 x 40 cm
Edition 200
€ 250

Femme et Oiseau Rouge

lithograph
1968
66 x 51 cm
Edition 30
€ 1.250

Chant D’été

screenprint
1992
61 x 71 cm
Edition 200
€ 500

Femme Orange

lithograph
1996
45 x 57 cm
Edition 250
€ 450

L’oiseau Jaune à la Lune

lithograph
1996
45 x 57 cm
Edition 250
€ 350

La Femme au Paupières peints

lithograph
1977
65 x 50 cm
Edition HC 10
€ 1.250

Après la Pluie le Beau Temps

lithograph
2001
100 x 80 cm
Edition 200
€ 1.250

Fêtes

screenprint
1994
40 x 32 cm
Edition 200
€ 350

Fol Été

lithograph
1958
50 x 65 cm
Edition 120
€ 1.250

Furi Color de Amor

lithograph
1964
67 x 45 cm
Edition 100
€ 1.250

La Grande Champ D’herbe

lithograph
1977
65 x 50 cm
Edition 99
€ 1.250

Dans L’infinie verticalite de L’herbe la Femme

lithograph
1977
65 x 50 cm
Edition 125
€ 1.250

La Femme Masque comme pour une Fête

lithograph
1977
65 x 50 cm
Edition 125
€ 1.250

Herbre

lithograph
1979
70 x 46 cm
Edition 85
€ 1.250

Heur Tardive

lithograph
1958
50 x 65 cm
Edition 120
€ 1.250

Heure Matinale

lithograph
1961
50 x 65 cm
Edition 120
€ 1.500

Hommage à Satie

screenprint
1989
45 x 60 cm
Edition 200
€ 650

Huit Chats 1

lithograph
1995
56 x 39 cm
Edition 250
€ 500

Huit Chats 2

lithograph
1995
56 x 39 cm
Edition 250
€ 500

Île Tropical

lithograph
1988
90 x 75 cm
Edition 200
€ 1.500

Jeux D’enfants

screenprint
1988
56 x 76 cm
Edition 200
€ 1.250

Afrique B

aquatint, etching
1998
48 x 36 cm
Edition EA 10
€ 350

Afrique D

aquatint, etching
1998
48 x 36 cm
Edition EA 10
€ 350

Afrique A

aquatint, etching
1998
48 x 36 cm
Edition 80
€ 350

Afrique C

aquatint, etching
1998
49 x 36 cm
Edition EA 10
€ 350

L’aigrette

lithograph
1971
65 x 50 cm
Edition 99
€ 1.250

L’arbre

lithograph
1971
76 x 56 cm
Edition 120
€ 1.250

L’aurore Rouge

lithograph
1967
76 x 56 cm
Edition 190
€ 1.250

La Femme et L’oiseau

screenprint
1993
22 x 28 cm
Edition 200
€ 350

L’été Italien

litho
1977
50 x 65 cm
Edition 100
€ 1.250

L’oiseau Papillon

giclee print
2002
70 x 45 cm
Edition 200
€ 650

L’Oiseau d’Or

brooch - hand engraved by Corneille
1994
6 x 7 cm
Edition 30
€ 1.250

L’Oiseau Exulte

lithograph
1968
66 x 51 cm
Edition 30
€ 1.250

Femme Amoureux des Oiseaux

screenprint
1994
37 x 44 cm
Edition 200
€ 350

La Belle Peul

multiple
1997
72 x 113 cm
Edition 60
€ 1.500

La Femme au Chat

lithograph
1975
66 x 55 cm
Edition 99
€ 1.250

Magie Africaine

screenprint
1998
25 x 31 cm
Edition 200
€ 350

La Maison du Regard

lithograph
1972
67 x 51 cm
Edition 100
€ 1.250

La Nuit Etoilée

lithograph
1972
66 x 50 cm
Edition 200
€ 1.250

La Tourterelle

lithograph
1974
57 x 59 cm
Edition 1100
€ 1.250

La Traviata

shawl
1992
100 x 100 cm
€ 225

Présence Africaine à Paris

lithograph
2001
58 x 117 cm
Edition 150
€ 1.000

Mémoire de Cuba

screenprint
2000
52 x 50 cm
Edition 200
€ 350

La Lampe

lithograph
1994
127 x 102 cm
Edition 200
€ 1.500

Le Reveil

screenprint
1992
38 x 50 cm
Edition 200
€ 350

Liefdespaar

screenprint
1996
38 x 29 cm
Edition 200
€ 250

Les Deux Amis

screenprint
1997
37 x 28 cm
Edition 200
€ 250

Les Enfants 1951

screenprint
1987
60 x 75 cm
Edition 200
€ 1.250

Femme et Oiseau Rouge

screenprint
1997
45 x 32cm
Edition 150
€ 250

Les Oiseux Jumeaux

multiple
1997
113 x 72 cm
Edition 60
€ 1.500

Les Trois Soleils

lithograph
1971
66 x 50 cm
Edition 99
€ 1.250