Presque Une Joie
Type:Painting
Year:1960
Size:38.00" x 57.50"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Left
Notes:
This painting sold for $118,500 at the Skinner American & European Works of Art auction in Boston on May 18, 2012.
Karel Christiaan Appel ART FOR SALE
1921 Amsterdam, Holland - 2006 Zurich, Switzerland. Known for: Fantasy animal painting, abstraction.
Karel Appel was a painter born on April 25, 1921 in Amsterdam, Holland; his father was a barber. He studied at the Royal Academy in Amsterdam in 1940-43. Appel sought to develop an impulsive formal... Read full biography
Karel Appel was a painter born on April 25, 1921 in Amsterdam, Holland; his father was a barber. He studied at the Royal Academy in Amsterdam in 1940-43. Appel sought to develop an impulsive formal language based on life, in reaction to geometric academicism. He even founded with others an... Read full biography
Karel Appel was a painter born on April 25, 1921 in Amsterdam, Holland; his father was a barber. He studied at the Royal Academy in Amsterdam in 1940-43. Appel sought to develop an impulsive formal language based on life, in reaction to geometric academicism. He even founded with others an experimental group. In Paris in 1949, he focused on mastering creative power and did canvases that "look like they were done in a rage". (Schatz) An action painter, Appel gives full rein to his violent... Read full biography
Karel Appel was a painter born on April 25, 1921 in Amsterdam, Holland; his father was a barber. He studied at the Royal Academy in Amsterdam in 1940-43. Appel sought to develop an impulsive formal language based on life, in reaction to geometric academicism. He even founded with others an experimental group. In Paris in 1949, he focused on mastering creative power and did canvases that "look like they were done in a rage". (Schatz) An action painter, Appel gives full rein to his violent expressionism in numerous mural compositions and in stained glass windows. In 1958, Appel established residence in Paris, and in 1959 he came to New York, where he now spends half the year. He won the UNESCO prize at the Venice Biennale in 1952, in 1956... Read full biography
Karel Appel was a painter born on April 25, 1921 in Amsterdam, Holland; his father was a barber. He studied at the Royal Academy in Amsterdam in 1940-43. Appel sought to develop an impulsive formal language based on life, in reaction to geometric academicism. He even founded with others an experimental group. In Paris in 1949, he focused on mastering creative power and did canvases that "look like they were done in a rage". (Schatz) An action painter, Appel gives full rein to his violent expressionism in numerous mural compositions and in stained glass windows. In 1958, Appel established residence in Paris, and in 1959 he came to New York, where he now spends half the year. He won the UNESCO prize at the Venice Biennale in 1952, in 1956 the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam commissioned a large public mural from him which was accepted af... Read full biography
Karel Christiaan Appel - Art for Sale (2 available)
"Singing Hands (Blue)"
Type:Print
Year:1975
Size:40.00" x 29.00"
Medium:Screenprint/Silkscreen
Signed:Lower Right
Edition:8/60
Notes:
Karel Appel (Dutch, 1921-2006). 1975, ed. 8/60, silkscreen on foil mounted on paper, signed and dated "Appel, '75" in pencil lr, sight size: 40 x 29 in., framed. Estimate: $700 - $900, lot #1025 for sale 11/16/19