Hugo Claus is perhaps better known for his literary efforts; in his lifetime he published an extensive body of poetry and various plays and novels. However, such was the span of his creativity, Claus also broke into the art world with his involvement with the CoBrA group alongside Corneille and Karel Appel with whom he participated in exhibitions. His artistic outputs were often surrealist paintings depicting the human form – a long-standing fascination for Claus that permeated all of his creative endeavours. Read Less