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)

Deux Visages, 1969

Karel Appel

Deux Visages, 1969

Sale Date: September 14, 2019

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Untitled

Karel Appel

Sale Date: September 25, 2019

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Untitled

Karel Appel

Sale Date: September 24, 2019

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La Femme, 1960

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La Femme, 1960

Sale Date: October 6, 2019

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Big Head Coming, 1979

Karel Appel

Big Head Coming, 1979

Sale Date: September 20, 2019

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Composition

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Sale Date: September 10, 2019

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Composition No. 5, 1962

Karel Appel

Composition No. 5, 1962

Sale Date: September 19, 2019

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Deux Têtes Ensemble (Two Heads Together), 1973

Karel Appel

Deux Têtes Ensemble (Two Heads Together), 1973

Sale Date: September 19, 2019

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Va et vient, 1998

Karel Appel

Va et vient, 1998

Sale Date: June 25, 2019

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Faces

Karel Appel

Sale Date: January 15, 2019

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Personnages et oiseau

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Personnages et oiseau

Sale Date: February 10, 2019

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Snake, 1980

Karel Appel

Sale Date: August 10, 2019

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Black and Blue Eye

Karel Appel

Black and Blue Eye

Sale Date: August 10, 2019

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CRI TOURNANT, 1959

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CRI TOURNANT, 1959

Sale Date: June 27, 2019

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Unteilbares Teil., 1957

Karel Appel

Unteilbares Teil., 1957

Sale Date: June 27, 2019

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L'Ane trop paisible pour les Enfants cruels, , 1978

Karel Appel

L'Ane trop paisible pour les Enfants cruels, , 1978

Sale Date: July 24, 2019

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Fish

Karel Appel

Sale Date: July 28, 2019

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Sans Titre, 1955

Karel Appel

Sans Titre, 1955

Sale Date: July 21, 2019

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“I He They - You She Us”; Composition from One...

Karel Appel

“I He They - You She Us”; Composition from One...

Sale Date: July 30, 2019

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People in the Fallen City, 1989

Karel Appel

People in the Fallen City, 1989

Sale Date: July 13, 2019

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Deux Figures, 1969

Karel Appel

Deux Figures, 1969

Sale Date: July 18, 2019

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Primary Puppy, 1969

Karel Appel

Primary Puppy, 1969

Sale Date: July 18, 2019

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Work

Karel Appel

Sale Date: July 6, 2019

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Head of a Man, 1975–1985

Karel Appel

Head of a Man, 1975–1985

Sale Date: July 17, 2019

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