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Robbie Cornelissen is one of the leading contemporary draughtsmen in the Netherlands. Cornelissen has established a reputation for the monumental, architectural drawings that he has been creating since the early 1990s.

In these detailed pencil drawings of libraries, waiting rooms, factory buildings, circus arenas and shopping centres he plays with transitions and connections between indoor and outdoor space. The large format of the drawings, sometimes four metres wide, almost invites the beholder to ‘enter into’ the work.

Cornelissen, who initially trained as a biologist, did not start drawing until later in life, attending the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam in the 1980s. He believes his background in biology has benefited his art. His work depicts ‘inner worlds’, taking the viewer on a journey through the artist’s memories and thoughts. Thanks to his knowledge of the human body, Cornelissen knows exactly how the complex cellular system inside us fits together.

Though he uses this knowledge, his drawings do not refer to the human body. The spaces he depicts are mental spaces, metaphors for the human mind. Recent solo exhibitions include God is in the Details at the Stedelijk Museum Kampen (2013), Het grote geheugen X at the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag (2011) and Studio Vertigo at the Centraal Museum, Utrecht (2011).
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All artworks of Robbie Cornelissen
Fine Art Drawings, The space of absence, Robbie Cornelissen

The space of absence

Robbie Cornelissen

Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 68.6 x 0.3 cm

$1,762

Fine Art Drawings, Cloud (Planet), Robbie Cornelissen

Cloud (Planet)

Robbie Cornelissen

Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 41.9 x 0.3 cm

$1,468

Fine Art Drawings, Cloud (Angel), Robbie Cornelissen

Cloud (Angel)

Robbie Cornelissen

Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 41.9 x 0.3 cm

$1,762

Fine Art Drawings, Cloud (Atlantic tropical cyclons 1954-2021), Robbie Cornelissen

Cloud (Atlantic tropical cyclons 1954-2021)

Robbie Cornelissen

Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 41.9 x 0.3 cm

$1,762

Fine Art Drawings, Cloud (red), Robbie Cornelissen

Cloud (red)

Robbie Cornelissen

Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 41.9 x 0.3 cm

$1,468

Fine Art Drawings, God is in the details, Robbie Cornelissen

God is in the details

Robbie Cornelissen

Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 21 x 1 cm

$1,200

Fine Art Drawings, Underworld (red), Robbie Cornelissen

Underworld (red)

Robbie Cornelissen

Fine Art Drawings - 16 x 24 x 1 cm

$1,900

Fine Art Drawings, Places (2), Robbie Cornelissen

Places (2)

Robbie Cornelissen

Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 41.9 x 0.3 cm

$1,909

Fine Art Drawings, Places (1), Robbie Cornelissen

Places (1)

Robbie Cornelissen

Fine Art Drawings - 22.9 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm

$1,909

Fine Art Drawings, Places (underworld), Robbie Cornelissen

Places (underworld)

Robbie Cornelissen

Fine Art Drawings - 25.4 x 33 x 0.3 cm

$1,909

Fine Art Drawings, Places (Horreum), Robbie Cornelissen

Places (Horreum)

Robbie Cornelissen

Fine Art Drawings - 22.9 x 33 x 0.3 cm

$1,909

Fine Art Drawings, Terra Nova (space ship), Robbie Cornelissen

Terra Nova (space ship)

Robbie Cornelissen

Fine Art Drawings - 20.3 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm

$1,321

Fine Art Drawings, Four Clouds, Robbie Cornelissen

Four Clouds

Robbie Cornelissen

Fine Art Drawings - 50.8 x 71.1 x 0.3 cm

$2,936

Fine Art Drawings, The space of absence, Robbie Cornelissen

The space of absence

Robbie Cornelissen

Fine Art Drawings - 223.5 x 299.7 x 0.3 cm

$13,235

Fine Art Drawings, Underworld (1b), Robbie Cornelissen

Underworld (1b)

Robbie Cornelissen

Fine Art Drawings - 27 x 35 cm

$3,614

Fine Art Drawings, Loggia, Robbie Cornelissen

Loggia

Robbie Cornelissen

Fine Art Drawings - 28.5 x 36 x 1 cm

$3,100

Fine Art Drawings, Teatro, Robbie Cornelissen

Teatro

Robbie Cornelissen

Fine Art Drawings - 125 x 125 cm

$7,058

Fine Art Drawings, Cloud (Surtsey 1963), Robbie Cornelissen

Cloud (Surtsey 1963)

Robbie Cornelissen

Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 41.9 x 0.3 cm

$2,648

Fine Art Drawings, Cloud (Entrance, Bikini Islands 1946), Robbie Cornelissen

Cloud (Entrance, Bikini Islands 1946)

Robbie Cornelissen

Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 41.9 x 0.3 cm

$2,648

Fine Art Drawings, Inlands, Robbie Cornelissen

Inlands

Robbie Cornelissen

Fine Art Drawings - 19 x 27 cm

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Fine Art Drawings, Tower of Babel (2), Robbie Cornelissen

Tower of Babel (2)

Robbie Cornelissen

Fine Art Drawings - 16 x 24 x 1 cm

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Fine Art Drawings, Cloud, Robbie Cornelissen

Cloud

Robbie Cornelissen

Fine Art Drawings - 240 x 490 cm

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Fine Art Drawings, Naked (The Great Chamber), Robbie Cornelissen

Naked (The Great Chamber)

Robbie Cornelissen

Fine Art Drawings - 240 x 304 x 1 cm

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Who is the artist?

Robbie Cornelissen is one of the leading contemporary draughtsmen in the Netherlands. Cornelissen has established a reputation for the monumental, architectural drawings that he has been creating since the early 1990s. In these detailed pencil drawings of libraries, waiting rooms, factory buildings, circus arenas and shopping centres he plays with transitions and connections between indoor and outdoor space. The large format of the drawings, sometimes four metres wide, almost invites the beholder to ‘enter into’ the work.Cornelissen, who initially trained as a biologist, did not start drawing until later in life, attending the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam in the 1980s. He believes his background in biology has benefited his art. His work depicts ‘inner worlds’, taking the viewer on a journey through the artist’s memories and thoughts. Thanks to his knowledge of the human body, Cornelissen knows exactly how the complex cellular system inside us fits together. Though he uses this knowledge, his drawings do not refer to the human body. The spaces he depicts are mental spaces, metaphors for the human mind. Recent solo exhibitions include God is in the Details at the Stedelijk Museum Kampen (2013), Het grote geheugen X at the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag (2011) and Studio Vertigo at the Centraal Museum, Utrecht (2011).

When was Robbie Cornelissen born?

The year of birth of the artist is: 1954