COBRA (CoBrA) was formed in Paris, France in 1948 as a trans-national avant-garde movement that united six artists from three different cities. The named was conceived from the initials of the cities that the members originated from: Copenhagen (Co), Brussels (Br), Amsterdam (A). The organization’s members included Christian Dotremont (Belgian, 1922– 1979), Joseph Noiret (Belgian, 1927–2012), Asger Jorn (Danish, 1914– 1973), Karel Appel (Dutch, 1921–2006), Constant (Dutch, 1920–2005), and Corneille (Dutch, 1922–2010). The Cobra artists were inspired by the idea of the “human animal,” a comical representation of people’s animalistic instincts and desires, while evoking the symbolic relationship between humans, animals, and nature. Cobra believed