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, includ…