CoBrA Museum

Innovative and Expressive Contemporary Art

Description

The CoBrA movement, named for the cities of Copenhagen, Brussels, and Amsterdam where the founding artists hailed from, was a post-World War II art movement that emphasized spontaneity and fantastic imagery. The CoBrA artists often took inspiration from children's pictures, animals, Eastern calligraphy, and creatures of mythology, rejecting the conventions and constraints of formal academic art in favor of art that was immediate and expressive. The CoBrA Museum exhibits a stunning collection by the influential CoBrA artists and is one of the most unique and exciting new museums in Amsterdam.