Willemijn Stokvis

Willemijn Stokvis

Willemijn Stokvis (2009) Photo: Léon van Hedel

Willemijn Stokvis (born February 4, 1937 in Vianen , Utrecht province ) is a Dutch art historian who is considered an expert in the field of artist group CoBrA .

life and work

Willemijn Stokvis studied art history at the University of Utrecht . She received her doctorate in 1973 on the subject of CoBrA . "Cobra. Geschiedenis, voorspel en betekenis van een moving in de art van na de tweede wereldoorlog / Cobra. An international movement in art after the Second World War ”was the title of her dissertation , which was originally published by De Bezige Bij in Amsterdam. Since the first edition in 1974, several new editions and translations have appeared. In 1975 Willemijn Stokvis was awarded the Karel van Mander Prize for this standard work. It is not only based on art historical sources, but also on interviews with CoBrA artists and contemporary witnesses.

Stokvis worked at the Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum . As an art critic, she wrote for the weekly magazine Vrij Nederland, among others . From 1979 to 1999 she was a professor at the University of Leiden .

literature

• Willemijn Stokvis: COBRA. An international movement in art after the Second World War Braunschweig 1989, ISBN 3-07-509200-2 .
• Cobra. Geschiedenis voorspel en betekenis van een Bewegungs in de kunst van na de tweede wereldoorlog Amsterdam: De Bezige Bij, 1974, (1980, 1985, 1990), ISBN 90-234-5159-7 .
• De doorbraak van de modern art in Nederland, de jaren 1945–1951 Amsterdam: Meulenhoff / Landshoff, 1984, (1990), ISBN 90-290-1585-3 (with Isabel Brouwer and other students).
• Lucebert poet schilder Amsterdam: Uniepers, 1984; (herziene 2e print) Abcoude: Uniepers, 1993, ISBN 90-6825-094-9 .
• Cobra, de internationale van experimentele kunstenaars (original edition: Cobra, Movimiento artístico internacional de la segunda posguerra), Barcelona: Ediciones Polígrafa, 1987, published in various languages, a. a. Amsterdam: Meulenhoff, 1988, ISBN 90-290-8170-8 .
• Vrij spel, Nederlandse kunst 1970–1990 Amsterdam: Meulenhoff, 1993, ISBN 90-290-8323-9 (with Kitty Zijlmans, Jeske de Bekker and others).
• Dora Dolz luchtspiegelingen, beloften en herinneringen Amsterdam: Judith Leyster Stichting, 1993, (with Elise van Melis), text: Dutch / English. ISBN 90-801406-1-9 .
• De taal van Cobra Abcoude: Uniepers / Cobra Museum voor Moderne Kunst Amstelveen, 2001, ISBN 90-6825-275-5 ; 2e druk paperback, idem, 2004, en gebonden, ISBN 90-6825-300-X (with Marijke Uittenbroek)
• Cobra 3 dimensionaal Blaricum, V + K Publishing, 1998, ISBN 90-6611-552-1 . English edition: Cobra 3 dimensions, Londen, Lund Humphries, 1999.
• Cobra de weg naar spontaniteit Blaricum: V + K Publishing, 2001, ISBN 90-74265-14-6 ; 2e druk, paperback, Alphen a / d / Rijn: Icob, 2004, ISBN 90-5947-050-8 . French edition: Cobra la conquête de la spontanéité, Paris: Gallimard, 2001, Danish edition: Cobra spontanitetens veje, Copenhagen, Søren Fogtdal, 2001, ISBN 87-617-3024-6 ; 2e druk, paperback, Copenhagen, Kunstbogklubben, 2004, ISBN 87-11-23035-5 .
• Cobra the last avant-garde movement of the twentieth century Londen: Lund Humphries, 2004, ISBN 0-85331-898-0 .
• Klein Cultureel Woordenboek van de Nederlandse kunst Amsterdam: Anthos, 2005, ISBN 90-414-0982-3 (together with Ilja Veldman and Elly Cassee).
• Cobra ABC Nijmegen, BnM uitgevers, 2007, ISBN 978-90-77907-64-1 .
• Cobra 1948–1951 Uitgeverij Waanders, 2008, ISBN 978-90-400-8474-4 .
• De hidden wereld van Eugène Brands ; de period van crisis, bezetting en naoorlogse jaren Deventer: Thieme Art / Soesterberg: Aspect, 2010, ISBN 978-90-78964-67-4 ; 642,646 ONLY.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Willemijn Stokvis at Nederlands Letterenfonds , accessed on March 31, 2015 (Dutch)
2. ↑ Nederlands letterenfonds Willemijn Stokvis, Cobra, the Road to Spontaneity, accessed on March 31, 2015 (Dutch)
3. ↑ Cobra museum Cobra kunstenaars en meer over cobra ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on March 31, 2015 (Dutch)