Karel Appel
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"Landschappelijk personage"
Signed Appel. Canvas 41,5 x 33 cm.
Provenance
Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 1985, auction 415, cat. no. 238.
Exhibitions
Saarland Museum, Saarbrücken (Tyskland), "Dreissig Jahre Karel Appel", 17 March – 16 April 1978, cat. no. 55, traveling exhibition, "Dertig jaar Karel Appel. Schilderijen van 1948 – 1978", Cultureel Centrum, Venlo (The Netherlands), 8 September – 30 October 1978; Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn,12 April – 27 May 1979; Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven (Germany), 11 July – 3 August 1980; 'Karel Appel: Malerier 1948 – 1978', Kunstpavillonen, Esbjerg Kunstforening (Denmark), 29 March – 27 April 1980.
Literature
Saarland Museum, Saarbrücken (Tyskland), "Dreissig Jahre Karel Appel", 17 mars – 16 april 1978, kat. nr. 55, i avbildad i svartvitt i utställningskatalogen i svartvitt, benämnd som "Landschaftliche Person".
Artist
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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