About Corneille

Corneille was born in 1922 in Liège, Belgium as Cornelis van Beverloo. He was active from the beginning within the group and besides painting he also published poetry in the Cobra magazine.

Corneille and Karel Appel, who where wartime friends, often worked togheter in the appartment of Karel Appel in Amsterdam. Corneille who was poetic and less aggressive was influenced by Klee and Miro.

He began collecting African art after the group dissolved in 1951 and moved to Paris. In his work these primitive artifacts became evident. His works begin to take an imaginative style, like from a birds eye view landscape, stylized forms and exotic birds.