California / Japan, France. 1923 - 1994
Splatter-stain imagery painting, graphics
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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
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Two birds and a Flower
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DE FAMILIE (La famille), 1952
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Le grand chef Cobra (Big Chief Cobra)
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France, Hungary. 1906 - 1997
Op art painting, geometric images
New York, Kansas, Missouri / France. 1923 - 2012
Abstract Expressionist painting
New York, Connecticut. 1928 - 2007
Conceptual sculpture, geometric design wall painting
Connecticut, New York / France. 1898 - 1976
Kinetic sculpture, modernist drawing
Connecticut, North Carolina / Germany. 1888 - 1976
Serial geometric, non objective painting
France. 1901 - 1985
Modernist painting, collage, drawing
New York, Illinois / Venezuela, Chile, Italy, France. 1911 - 2002
Abstract figurative and surreal painting
New York, Ohio. Born 1935
Pop expression, sculpture, graphics
New York, California / France, Italy. 1928 - 2005
Happenings, assemblage, abstraction
New York. 1903 - 1974
Primitive painting-totemic non objective and realism
New York, Ohio. 1931 - 2004
Painting-pop nude figure, mod real images, collage
New York, Connecticut. 1928 - 2011
Abstract imagery-stain painting
District Of Columbia. 1920 - 1985
Neo-dada-pop, geometric-optical and mural painting
New York, Maine. Born 1927
Post modernist figure and still-life painting, printmaking
New York. 1960 - 1988
Street-graffiti, naive figure painting, drawing
France. 1877 - 1953
Fauve painting-beach scenes, illustration, design
New York, Maine, Indiana. 1928 - 2018
Hard-edged signs-calligraphy, pop objects, sculpture
New York / Bulgaria. 1935 - 2020/2009
Installations-wrappings, collage, environmental art
New Jersey. 1930 - 2020
Optical art illusion, collage, graphics
New York / Colombia, France. 1932 - 2023
Round female figure painting, sculpture
New York. 1923 - 1997
Pop imagery cartoon painting
New York / Russian Federation. 1899 - 1988
Cubist monchromatic wood assemblage
France. 1882 - 1963
Cubist interior and still-life painting, collage, lithography
New York, California / England. Born 1937
Pop art painting, printmaking, digital, design and photography
Connecticut, California / France. 1881 - 1955
Cubist painting-objects, machinery and figures, teaching
New York, Florida. 1925 - 2008
Assemblage, non objective painting, set design
New York, Vermont, Illinois / France. 1921 - 1999
Abstract expressionist painting- fantasy
Belgium, France. Born 1927
Expressionist painting, engraving
New York. 1923 - 2002
Modernist pop figure, word image genre painting
New York, Florida, North Dakota. 1933 - 2017
Collage, modernist pop image painting, graphics
New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts. 1915 - 1991
Abstract expressionist painting, collage