"Tete Rouge sur Fond Noir"
Signed Appel. Executed 1960. Canvas 116 x 89 cm.
Court Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Private collection, Sweden, acquired from the above by the present owners father in September 1964.
Court Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 1964, no 6.
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Karel Appel was a Netherlandish visual artist, sculptor and ceramic artist born in Amsterdam. Appel studied at Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam. Appel drew inspirations for his creations from Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse. During his studies Appel met Beverloo Corneille who he later formed COBRA alongside. His artworks are often vibrant and expressionistic and depict various figures. Appel sculpted with different materials in what is known as the assemblage technique.
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