CoBrA
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CoBrA was an avant-garde European art movement (1948–1951) known for its spontaneous, expressive, and often abstract painting style influenced by folk art, children’s drawings, and primitivism.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| CoBrA canonical | 9 |
| CoBrA movement | 5 |
| CoBrA group | 3 |
| COBRA art movement | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4641663 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: CoBrA Context triple: [Karel Appel, movement, CoBrA]
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Fluxus
Fluxus was an avant-garde art movement of the 1960s that blended visual art, performance, and everyday actions into playful, often anti-commercial works challenging traditional definitions of art.
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De Stijl
De Stijl was a Dutch avant-garde art and design movement known for its abstract, geometric style and use of primary colors that significantly shaped modern architecture and design.
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Arte Povera
Arte Povera is an Italian avant-garde art movement from the late 1960s characterized by the use of everyday or “poor” materials to challenge traditional notions of art and value.
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Cologne Dada
Cologne Dada was a local branch of the Dada avant-garde movement active in Cologne, Germany, known for its radical anti-art experiments and provocative exhibitions in the early 20th century.
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Suprematism
Suprematism is an early 20th-century Russian abstract art movement founded by Kazimir Malevich that focuses on basic geometric forms and pure artistic feeling, rejecting representational imagery.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: CoBrA Target entity description: CoBrA was an avant-garde European art movement (1948–1951) known for its spontaneous, expressive, and often abstract painting style influenced by folk art, children’s drawings, and primitivism.
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A.
Fluxus
Fluxus was an avant-garde art movement of the 1960s that blended visual art, performance, and everyday actions into playful, often anti-commercial works challenging traditional definitions of art.
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B.
De Stijl
De Stijl was a Dutch avant-garde art and design movement known for its abstract, geometric style and use of primary colors that significantly shaped modern architecture and design.
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C.
Arte Povera
Arte Povera is an Italian avant-garde art movement from the late 1960s characterized by the use of everyday or “poor” materials to challenge traditional notions of art and value.
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D.
Cologne Dada
Cologne Dada was a local branch of the Dada avant-garde movement active in Cologne, Germany, known for its radical anti-art experiments and provocative exhibitions in the early 20th century.
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E.
Suprematism
Suprematism is an early 20th-century Russian abstract art movement founded by Kazimir Malevich that focuses on basic geometric forms and pure artistic feeling, rejecting representational imagery.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
European art movement
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art movement ⓘ avant-garde movement ⓘ |
| characteristic |
expressive style
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often abstract forms ⓘ spontaneous painting ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Belgium
NERFINISHED
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Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1951 ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Asger Jorn
NERFINISHED
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Christian Dotremont NERFINISHED ⓘ Constant Nieuwenhuys NERFINISHED ⓘ Corneille NERFINISHED ⓘ Joseph Noiret NERFINISHED ⓘ Karel Appel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
painting
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poetry ⓘ printmaking ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Asger Jorn
NERFINISHED
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Christian Dotremont NERFINISHED ⓘ Constant Nieuwenhuys NERFINISHED ⓘ Corneille NERFINISHED ⓘ Eugène Brands NERFINISHED ⓘ Hugo Claus NERFINISHED ⓘ Joseph Noiret NERFINISHED ⓘ Karel Appel NERFINISHED ⓘ Lucebert NERFINISHED ⓘ Pierre Alechinsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMotto | spontaneity and experimentation in art ⓘ |
| hasPublication | CoBrA magazine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 1948 ⓘ |
| influenced |
European postwar abstract art
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neo-expressionism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
children’s drawings
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folk art ⓘ primitivism ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
Danish
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Dutch ⓘ French ⓘ |
| locationOfFormation | Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement |
abstract art
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art brut NERFINISHED ⓘ expressionism ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Amsterdam
NERFINISHED
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Brussels NERFINISHED ⓘ Copenhagen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
academic art traditions
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formalism in art ⓘ |
| timePeriod | post–World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Referenced by (18)
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