Overview
Rooskens was a self-taught painter who worked for most of his artistic career in Amsterdam. In 1946 he met Karel Appel and Corneille, who greatly influenced his spontaneity in painting, and with whom he started the CoBrA group.
Memberships
Dutch Experimental Group
CoBra Group
Exhibitions
Expositions Internationales at the Carnegie Foundation, Pittsburgh, PA, 1955, 1958
“Phases” Group, Paris, 1956
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 1957
Francfort-sur-le-Main, 1951
Paris, 1958, 1971
Salon des Réalités Nouvelles, 1949, 1950