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)

Portrait, 1985

Karel Appel

Portrait, 1985

Sale Date: June 17, 2009

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Teller aus Personnages

Karel Appel

Teller aus Personnages

Sale Date: May 28, 2009

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Teller aus Personnages

Karel Appel

Teller aus Personnages

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Teller aus Personnages

Karel Appel

Teller aus Personnages

Sale Date: May 28, 2009

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Woman, 1980

Karel Appel

Sale Date: May 29, 2009

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Vrouw met bloem

Karel Appel

Vrouw met bloem

Sale Date: May 29, 2009

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Untitled abstract composition

Karel Appel

Untitled abstract composition

Sale Date: May 29, 2009

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Heads

Karel Appel

Sale Date: May 29, 2009

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Figure, 1967

Karel Appel

Sale Date: May 29, 2009

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Dans L'action ils ont montré La Source de..., 1960

Karel Appel

Dans L'action ils ont montré La Source de..., 1960

Sale Date: May 29, 2009

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Abstract composition (+ another, larger; 2 works)

Karel Appel

Abstract composition (+ another, larger; 2 works)

Sale Date: May 29, 2009

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Bedized pudding, Canadian suite (suite of 6), 1979

Karel Appel

Bedized pudding, Canadian suite (suite of 6), 1979

Sale Date: May 27, 2009

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Indigo blue singing hands

Karel Appel

Indigo blue singing hands

Sale Date: June 3, 2009

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Le guitariste, 1980

Karel Appel

Le guitariste, 1980

Sale Date: June 3, 2009

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Two colourful faces

Karel Appel

Two colourful faces

Sale Date: June 12, 2009

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Animal, 1978

Karel Appel

Sale Date: June 9, 2009

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Bull dog

Karel Appel

Sale Date: June 9, 2009

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Tete

Karel Appel

Sale Date: June 9, 2009

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Ohne Titel, 1970

Karel Appel

Ohne Titel, 1970

Sale Date: May 28, 2009

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Sans titre, 1965

Karel Appel

Sans titre, 1965

Sale Date: May 16, 2009

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Untitled (from Animal series)

Karel Appel

Untitled (from Animal series)

Sale Date: May 17, 2009

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Ohne Titel

Karel Appel

Sale Date: May 14, 2009

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Untitled, 1960

Karel Appel

Untitled, 1960

Sale Date: May 17, 2009

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Untitled, 1960

Karel Appel

Untitled, 1960

Sale Date: May 17, 2009

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