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

Karel Appel Artworks

Karel Appel (11,953 results)

Personnages (Complete portfolio of 8 prints), 1971

Karel Appel

Personnages (Complete portfolio of 8 prints), 1971

Sale Date: November 8, 2014

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Cosy Face, 1969

Karel Appel

Cosy Face, 1969

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Face, 1990

Karel Appel

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Cirque miroir du monde

Karel Appel

Cirque miroir du monde

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Meeting the Sun, 1974

Karel Appel

Meeting the Sun, 1974

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Face, 1969

Karel Appel

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Untitled, 1970

Karel Appel

Untitled, 1970

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Untitled, 1965–1969

Karel Appel

Untitled, 1965–1969

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Phyllis (From the Nude series), 1963

Karel Appel

Phyllis (From the Nude series), 1963

Sale Date: November 4, 2014

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Animal fond rouge, 1961

Karel Appel

Animal fond rouge, 1961

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Untitled, 1955

Karel Appel

Untitled, 1955

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Composition

Karel Appel

Sale Date: October 20, 2014

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Attributed to Karel Appel

Untitled (Figure)

Sale Date: October 19, 2014

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Personnage et oiseau and Untitled, 1970, 1969

Karel Appel

Personnage et oiseau and Untitled, 1970, 1969

Sale Date: October 23, 2014

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Cat on Cat on Green, 1977

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Cat on Cat on Green, 1977

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Pagliacci, 1984

Karel Appel

Pagliacci, 1984

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Jumping Dog from the Circus Series, 1978

Karel Appel

Jumping Dog from the Circus Series, 1978

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Paysage mysterieux, 1959

Karel Appel

Paysage mysterieux, 1959

Sale Date: October 27, 2014

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Compositions

Karel Appel

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Komposition

Karel Appel

Sale Date: October 14, 2014

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Le Ministre, 1975

Karel Appel

Le Ministre, 1975

Sale Date: October 22, 2014

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Untitled, 1983

Karel Appel

Untitled, 1983

Sale Date: October 22, 2014

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Komposition med ansikte, fågel och fjäril, 1974

Karel Appel

Komposition med ansikte, fågel och fjäril, 1974

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Early in the morning - part 3

Karel Appel

Early in the morning - part 3

Sale Date: October 22, 2014

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