Reflex was the organ for a group of Dutch painters who called themselves Experimentele Groep in Holland: Karel Appel, Constant (Nieuwenhuys), Corneille (Van Beverloo), Anton Rooskens, Eugène Brands, and Theo Wolvecamp.

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Front page of Reflex no. 1 (1948). Illustration by Corneille. Reproduced in Cobra: A Pictorial and Poetic Revolution.
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Front page of Reflex no. 2 (1949). Illustration by Jacques Doucet. Photo: invaluable.com
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Spread from Reflex no. 1 (1948). Illustration by Constant. Reproduced in Cobra: A Pictorial and Poetic Revolution.

The journal came out with only two issues, before the group (and the journal) became part of the newly formed Cobra (i.e. the Copenhagen-Brussels-Amsterdam avant-garde art movement … not the fictional terrorist organization from toy company Hasbro’s G.I. Joe universe).

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