COBRA (avant-garde movement)

COBRA was a post-World War II European avant-garde movement (the name is derived from the initials of the members' home cities: Copenhagen, Brussels, Amsterdam).

COBRA was formed from an amalgamation of the Dutch group Reflex, the Danish group Host and the Belgian Revolutionary Surrealist Group.

Some of the prominent participants in COBRA were:

• Pierre Alechinsky, (born 1927}
• Else Alfelt, (1910-1974)
• Karel Appel, (born 1921)
• Jean-Michel Atlan, (1913-1960
• Ejler Bille, (born 1910)
• Constant, (born 1920)
• Corneille, (born 1922
• Christian Dotrement, (1922-1981)
• Jacques Doucet, (born 1924
• William Gear, (1915-1997)
• Stephen Gilbert, (born 1910)
• Henry Heerup, (1907-1993)
• Egill Jacobsen, (1910-1998)
• Asger Jorn, (1914-1973)
• Lucebert, (1924-1994)
• Jørgen Nash, (born 1920)
• Erik Ortvad, (born 1917)
• Carl-Henning Pedersen, (born 1913)
• Anton Rooskens, (1906-1976)
• Raoul Ubac, (1910-1985)
• Theo Wolvecamp, (1925-1992)