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Kor Postma

The Life and Work of Kor Postma Born on January 3, 1903, in Hilversum, Cornelis Johannes Postma—known widely as Kor Postma—was a man whose life was shaped by the shifting borders of European art. The son of Gerardhus Postma and Joanna van Doorn, he grew up in the Netherlands before his creative path eventually led him toward the heart of France. His life was marked by a deep connection to the visual language of the surreal, a direction

that would define his reputation as a Dutch surrealist painter. Postma’s career was not a simple, linear progression. He moved through various cities, including Laren and Amsterdam, before settling in Paris in 1939. This move placed him in the center of a complex and often difficult era. During the German occupation of France, his professional life became intertwined with the complexities of the art trade, as he worked as an art agen…