GUILLAUME CORNEILLE BAVERLOO

Corneille - Guillaume Cornelis van Beverloo (1922-2010), better known by his pseudonym Corneille, was a Dutch artist.

He was born in Liège, Belgium, although his parents were Dutch and moved back to the Netherlands. He studied art at the Academy of Art in Amsterdam, Netherlands. In 1948, he was one of the founders of the REFLEX movement, and in 1949, also one of the founders of the COBRA movement, which had a great influence on Scandinavian art. Corneille was inspired by children's drawings and believed it was important to engage children with art that connected to their experiences. The poetic Corneille was strongly influenced by Miró and Klee. After the group disbanded in 1951, he moved to Paris and began collecting African art. These artifacts manifested in his works, which began to take on a more imaginative style, such as landscapes seen from a bird's-eye view, exotic birds, and stylized forms.
Until his death, Corneille lived and worked in Paris and visited Israel, where he collaborated with the Jaffa studio. On September 24, 2003, an exhibition of his graphic works opened at the Museum of Israeli Art in Ramat Gan, Israel.