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Birth Name:

Eddy Cobiness

Male

Birth Date:

Mon, Jul 17, 1933

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Warroad, Minnesota, United States

Age:

91

Zodiac Sign:

Cancer

Astrology Data:

Sun

24°

Can

38'

About Eddy Cobiness

Eddy Cobiness, (July 17, 1933 – January 1, 1996) was a Canadian artist. He was an Ojibwe-Native Canadian and his art work is characterized by scenes from the life outdoors and nature. He began with realistic scenes and then evolved into more abstract work. He belonged to the "Woodland School of Art" and was a prominent member of the "Professional Native Indian Artists Incorporation", better known as the "Indian Group of Seven". Cobiness has taught painting himself. He was a graphic designer who began drawing pictures of birds in sand, snow or on cardboard, in his childhood. In the 1950s, during his military service years, he discovered working in watercolour. He studied colour and composition. In the 1960s his ink and watercolour drawings were commercially successful, and he began his art career. For Cobiness, the life outdoors and nature always was subject of his works. He began with realistic scenes and then evolve into more abstract work, influenced by his art colleague at the time, painter Benjamin Chee Chee. He further developed his work unimpeded and worked with several styles, using many media. It would bring him international recognition. It is known that Queen Elizabeth II has work of Cobiness in her collection. Cobiness died in Winnipeg, Manitoba on January 1, 1996 to the effect of complications from diabetic.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• Seventh Generation Gallery "Native Contemporary Canadian Art Gallery" in the Netherlands, including art of Eddy Cobiness.

• Eddy Cobiness member of the Indian Group of Seven Website "Native Art In Canada".

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Eddy Cobiness: Sun 24 Cancer, Moon 0 Gemini, Mercury 13 Leo, Venus 17 Leo, Mars 5 Libra, Jupiter 19 Virgo, Saturn 14 Aquarius, Uranus 27 Aries, Neptune 8 Virgo, Pluto 23 Cancer, Sun Square Uranus, Mercury Opposition Saturn, Mercury Conjunct Venus, Sun Semi Square Neptune, Sun Conjunct Pluto, Venus Semi Sextile Jupiter, Venus Opposition Saturn, Jupiter Sextile Pluto, Uranus Square Pluto, Neptune Semi Square Pluto

Categories related to Eddy Cobiness: 20th-century American painters, American male painters, July 17 births, 1996 deaths, 20th-century Canadian painters, Ojibwe people, Canadian male painters, First Nations painters, 1933 births, Artists from Manitoba, Woodlands style