Karel Appel

(Dutch, 1921–2006)

Karel Appel was an influential Dutch painter whose figurative abstractions employed expressive colors and forms. Like Jean Dubuffet, Appel found inspiration in the artwork of children and the rejection of sophisticated aesthetic tastes. “Painting, like passion, is an emotion full of truth and rings a living sound, like the roar coming from the lion's breast,” he reflected. “To paint is to destroy what preceded. I never try to make a painting, but a chunk of life.” Born on April 25, 1921 in Amsterdam, Netherlands, he went on to study at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten and had his first solo exhibition in 1946. Inspired by the work of Paul Klee and Joan Miró, Appel began experimenting with a rudimentary approach of describing subject matter reminiscent of folk art. In 1948, he helped form the CoBrA group (an acronym for the cities the artists were from: Copenhagen, Brussels, and Amsterdam), along with Asger Jorn, Constant, Corneille and others who were united in their rejection of rationalism and geometric abstraction. Following the dissolution of CoBrA in 1952, Appel joined Art Informel, another collection of abstract artists which included Michel Tapié and Henri Michaux. Through the following decades the artist continued his engagement with painterly expression and was the subject of several solo exhibitions. He died on May 3, 2006 in Zürich, Switzerland. Appel’s works are presently held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.

Most Expensive Artwork Sold at Auction

Two birds and a Flower, 1951
Sold price: 1,098,772 USD

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Ohne Titel (Hahn), 1956

Karel Appel

Ohne Titel (Hahn), 1956

Sale Date: November 27, 2014

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Twee gezichten

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Twee gezichten

Sale Date: November 11, 2014

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Compositie, 1962

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Compositie, 1962

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Composition, 1975

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Composition, 1975

Sale Date: November 12, 2014

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Three figures, 1974

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Three figures, 1974

Sale Date: November 16, 2014

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Figural composition, 1974

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Figural composition, 1974

Sale Date: November 16, 2014

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Danser un paysage, 1987

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Danser un paysage, 1987

Sale Date: November 19, 2014

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Untitled (2 works), 1958

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Untitled (2 works), 1958

Sale Date: November 15, 2014

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Untitled

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Sale Date: November 11, 2014

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De Schilderskist van Karel Appel. Op..., 1977

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De Schilderskist van Karel Appel. Op..., 1977

Sale Date: November 12, 2014

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Two Clowns, 1958

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Two Clowns, 1958

Sale Date: November 13, 2014

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Tête jaune, 1963–1964

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Tête jaune, 1963–1964

Sale Date: November 12, 2014

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Plat modele 3

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Plat modele 3

Sale Date: November 10, 2014

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Modele 2

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Sale Date: November 10, 2014

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Personnage avec Animal, 1969

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Personnage avec Animal, 1969

Sale Date: November 11, 2014

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The Delft's Blue Horse, 1973

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The Delft's Blue Horse, 1973

Sale Date: November 11, 2014

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Clown Anti-Robot (from Cirque, Soleil du..., 1978

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Clown Anti-Robot (from Cirque, Soleil du..., 1978

Sale Date: November 12, 2014

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Sur la Piste de Manhattan (from Cirque,..., 1978

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Sur la Piste de Manhattan (from Cirque,..., 1978

Sale Date: November 12, 2014

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Visage (from Five Night Faces in Broadway), 1975

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Visage (from Five Night Faces in Broadway), 1975

Sale Date: November 12, 2014

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Tête Montagne I, 1976

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Tête Montagne I, 1976

Sale Date: November 12, 2014

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Visage, 1971

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Personnage, 1971

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Personnage, 1971

Sale Date: November 12, 2014

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Personnage (Rouge) * Téte (Vert) (2 works), 1975

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Personnage (Rouge) * Téte (Vert) (2 works), 1975

Sale Date: November 12, 2014

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Two lithographs with hand coloring in..., 1950

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Two lithographs with hand coloring in..., 1950

Sale Date: November 12, 2014

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