CoBrA

CoBrA! In November 1948 a small group of artists from Denmark, Belgium and the Netherlands met at hotel Notre Dame’s café in Paris. The artists included Asger Jorn, Christian Dotremont, Karel Appel and Corneille, who all shared the same thoughts on the role of art in the society. Together, they founded the legendary art group with the name, CoBrA, formed by the initials of the artists hometowns of Copenhagen, Brussels and Amsterdam. The group used the cobra snake as a powerful symbol of their mutual understanding of the agendas of their art.