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Karel Appel is a Dutch artist born in Amsterdam in 1921 (He died in 2006). From 1940 to 1943, he studied at the Beaux-Art academy in Amsterdam.

In 1948, with Corneille and Constant, Karel Appel creates the experimental group "Reflex", the Dutch division of the CoBra group, a movement gathering artists from Copenhagen, Brussels and Amsterdam and born in reaction to the fight between abstraction and figuration. The artists of this movement gather around their common interest in primitive, naive, and popular art, and the idea that everyone can practice art.

Influenced by the artwork of Pablo Picasso, Paul Klee and Henri Matisse, Karel Appel is notably known for his numerous wood panels in relief and his wall paintings about childhood. At the limit of abstraction, his artworks are characterized by the use of bright and pure colors in a naive and charged aesthetic.

In 2009, the Lelong Gallery holds an exhibition for him under the name "Peintures 2000-2001" and in 2012; his artworks are presented during the exhibition "Cobra- Sous le regard d'un passionné" at the LAAC in Dunkerque.


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Painting, Personnage, Karel Appel

Personnage

Karel Appel

Painting - 14.6 x 14.6 x 0.8 inch

$36,702

Print, Can we dance a landspace, Karel Appel

Can we dance a landspace

Karel Appel

Print - 19.7 x 25.6 inch

$1,372

Print, Purple Owl, Karel Appel

Purple Owl

Karel Appel

Print - 35.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

$2,496

Print, Pour Jorn, Karel Appel

Pour Jorn

Karel Appel

Print - 29.5 x 21.3 inch

$1,807

Print, Floating in a Landscape, Karel Appel

Floating in a Landscape

Karel Appel

Print - 21.5 x 29.5 inch

$1,200

Painting, The Archer Serie, Karel Appel

The Archer Serie

Karel Appel

Painting - 15.7 x 20.1 x 0.8 inch

$31,056

Print, Unknown, Karel Appel

Unknown

Karel Appel

Print - 25.2 x 19.3 x 0 inch

$2,259

Painting, Figure, Karel Appel

Figure

Karel Appel

Painting - 25.6 x 31.9 x 1.6 inch

$79,051

Print, The Woman with Golden Eye, Karel Appel

The Woman with Golden Eye

Karel Appel

Print - 29.7 x 21.7 x 0.1 inch

$2,146 $1,931

Print, Happy Battle, Karel Appel

Happy Battle

Karel Appel

Print - 21.5 x 29.5 inch

$1,400

Print, Walking with my Bird, Karel Appel

Walking with my Bird

Karel Appel

Print - 21.5 x 29.5 inch

$1,500

Print, Can we dance a landscape, Karel Appel

Can we dance a landscape

Karel Appel

Print - 19.7 x 25.6 inch

$1,355

Painting, Composition, Karel Appel

Composition

Karel Appel

Painting - 10.2 x 9.1 x 0 inch

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Print, Regard vers l'infini, Karel Appel

Regard vers l'infini

Karel Appel

Print - 22 x 29.9 x 0.1 inch

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Print, Meeting in the Sun, Karel Appel

Meeting in the Sun

Karel Appel

Print - 22.4 x 28.7 x 0.1 inch

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Print, Floating Black Passion, Karel Appel

Floating Black Passion

Karel Appel

Print - 29 x 39 inch

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Print, Sans titre 1, Karel Appel

Sans titre 1

Karel Appel

Print - 29.9 x 22 inch

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Print, Once I was the Sun, Karel Appel

Once I was the Sun

Karel Appel

Print - 22 x 29.9 x 0.1 inch

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Print, Composition, Karel Appel

Composition

Karel Appel

Print - 24.4 x 31.9 x 0.1 inch

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Print, Man and Red Beast, Karel Appel

Man and Red Beast

Karel Appel

Print - 17.5 x 22 x 0.1 inch

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Print, Personnages, ca., Karel Appel

Personnages, ca.

Karel Appel

Print - 15 x 20.7 x 0.1 inch

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Print, Personnages, Karel Appel

Personnages

Karel Appel

Print - 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch

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Print, Ten By Apple, Karel Appel

Ten By Apple

Karel Appel

Print - 24.4 x 31.9 x 0.4 inch

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Print, Salto Sobre La Cabeza, Karel Appel

Salto Sobre La Cabeza

Karel Appel

Print - 29.9 x 22 inch

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Print, Abstract Figuration, Karel Appel

Abstract Figuration

Karel Appel

Print - 24.4 x 32.3 x 0.4 inch

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Print, Abstract Figuration, Karel Appel

Abstract Figuration

Karel Appel

Print - 24.4 x 32.3 x 0.4 inch

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Print, Abstract Figuration, Karel Appel

Abstract Figuration

Karel Appel

Print - 24.4 x 32.3 x 0.4 inch

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Sculpture, From the Circus series. Flower Clown, Karel Appel

From the Circus series. Flower Clown

Karel Appel

Sculpture - 39.4 x 47.2 x 9.8 inch

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Print, Putting green kiss, Karel Appel

Putting green kiss

Karel Appel

Print - 29.1 x 40.9 x 0.4 inch

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Print, Los Parajeros, Karel Appel

Los Parajeros

Karel Appel

Print - 29.9 x 22 inch

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Print, Sunshine Cat from the Cats Portfolio, Karel Appel

Sunshine Cat from the Cats Portfolio

Karel Appel

Print - 25 x 33 inch

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Print, Los parajeros, Karel Appel

Los parajeros

Karel Appel

Print - 29.9 x 22 inch

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Print, Sans titre 2, Karel Appel

Sans titre 2

Karel Appel

Print - 29.9 x 22 inch

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Print, Salto Sobre La Cabeza, Karel Appel

Salto Sobre La Cabeza

Karel Appel

Print - 29.9 x 22 inch

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Print, Como el viento, Karel Appel

Como el viento

Karel Appel

Print - 29.9 x 22 inch

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Print, Paysages Humains, Karel Appel

Paysages Humains

Karel Appel

Print - 20.1 x 20.1 x 0.6 inch

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Painting, L’homme avec la tortue., Karel Appel

L’homme avec la tortue.

Karel Appel

Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

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Who is the artist?

Karel Appel is a Dutch artist born in Amsterdam in 1921 (He died in 2006). From 1940 to 1943, he studied at the Beaux-Art academy in Amsterdam.

In 1948, with Corneille and Constant, Karel Appel creates the experimental group "Reflex", the Dutch division of the CoBra group, a movement gathering artists from Copenhagen, Brussels and Amsterdam and born in reaction to the fight between abstraction and figuration. The artists of this movement gather around their common interest in primitive, naive, and popular art, and the idea that everyone can practice art.

Influenced by the artwork of Pablo Picasso, Paul Klee and Henri Matisse, Karel Appel is notably known for his numerous wood panels in relief and his wall paintings about childhood. At the limit of abstraction, his artworks are characterized by the use of bright and pure colors in a naive and charged aesthetic.

In 2009, the Lelong Gallery holds an exhibition for him under the name "Peintures 2000-2001" and in 2012; his artworks are presented during the exhibition "Cobra- Sous le regard d'un passionné" at the LAAC in Dunkerque.

What are their 3 main works?

What is Karel Appel’s artistic movement?

The artistic movements of the artists are: Experimental Painters, Art Informel

When was Karel Appel born?

The year of birth of the artist is: 1921