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Lotti van der Gaag (continued)

Thre is a growing appreciation and admiration for Lotti van der Gaag during the last couple of years. The Stedelijk Museum Schiedam presentation paved the way for this growing interest and now ia can contribute alittle bit too. A colleague made some 20 original small drawings available for me which are now for sale at www.ftn-books.com

All were executed on materials that were at hand just before and during her hospitalization in 1998. Making these small work of art the last ones she made during her life.

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Lotti van der Gaag ( 1923-1999)…the forgotten Cobra artist

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A 100% percent Cobra artist who has almost been forgotten by the public is Lotti van der Gaag. She began with sculpture on advise of Bram Bogart with who she was living in the late 40’s. In 1950 she moved to Paris where she met Karel Appel and Corneille with whom she stayed befriended during her entire life although Corneille had his objections of her joining the COBRA group. In 1974 she started with painting using the same fantasy figures she already had developed in her sculpture. When you look at these early paintings you can only draw one conclusion….Lotti van der Gaag is a Cobra artist!

What i did not know is that she was married to Kees van Bohemen , who has made a name for his  abstract expressionist paintings in dutch art. www.ftn-books has a few Lotti van der Gaag publications.

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