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COBRA
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Key facts
- Years active
- 1948-1951
- Location
- Europe
- Major figures
- Karel Appel Constant Corneille Christian Dotremont Asger Jorn Joseph Noiret
- Influences
- Surrealism
- Influenced
- Informalism Gruppe SPUR MIBI Arte nucleare SI
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Encyclopedic overview
COBRA or Cobra, often stylized as CoBrA, was a European avant-garde art group active from 1948 to 1951. The name was coined in 1948 by Christian Dotremont from the initials of the members' home countries' capital cities: Copenhagen (Co), Brussels (Br), Amsterdam (A).
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “COBRA” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.