Like the other artists of the Cobra group, Constant envisaged a society of free expression in which everyone could be an artist. In 1949 he explored the source of creativity in paintings of plants, animals and fantasy creatures in a spontaneous and colourful painting style. Bird is a typical Cobra painting. Several years later, Constant made war paintings in which he depicted human misery and catastrophe. The two other paintings by Constant that Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen bought from Delta are examples of the latter.
Specifications
| Title | Bird |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Oil on canvas |
| Object type |
Painting
> Painting
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
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| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Height 28 cm Width 32 cm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Artist:
Constant
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| Accession number | 3679 (MK) |
| Credits | Loan Stichting Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. Gift Hans Sonnenberg, 2012 |
| Department | Modern Art |
| Acquisition date | 2012 |
| Creation date | in 1949 |
| Collector | Collector / Hans Sonnenberg |
| Entitled parties | © Fondation Constant, c/o Pictoright Amsterdam, 2018 |
| Internal exhibitions |
Meneer Delta, een galeriehouder en verzamelaar in het museum (2012) Herdenking Hans Sonnenberg - Meneer Delta (1928-2017) (2017) |
| Material | |
| Object |
