Karel Appel
(1921 - 2006)
Current Sale
KAREL APPEL
Untitled (A Boy and His Dog)
acrylic on canvas
signed lower right
32 x 25.25 in ( 81.3 x 64.1 cm )
Auction Estimate: $30,000.00 - $40,000.00
Opens May 7th at 10:00:00 AM EDT
Closes May 21st at 03:15:00 PM EDT
KAREL APPEL
Amsterdam Clown from the Circus Series
acrylic on wood
signed and dated 1977 lower left and numbered 6/8 on the reverse. Published by ABCD Gallery, Paris
48.5 x 73.5 x 8.5 in ( 123.2 x 186.7 x 21.6 cm ) ( overall )
Auction Estimate: $10,000.00 - $15,000.00
Opens May 7th at 10:00:00 AM EDT
Closes May 21st at 03:00:00 PM EDT
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K. Appel Biography
(1921 - 2006)
Born on April 25, 1921, in Amsterdam, Karel Appel studied at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten and, in 1946, held his first solo show at Het Beerenhuis, Groningen, and participated in Jonge Schilders (Young painters) at the Stedelijk Museum.
Appel drew primarily inspiration from the artists Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse and Jean Dubuffet. In 1948, he was a member of the Nederlandse Experimentele Groep (Dutch Experimental Group) before establishing the avant-garde movement CoBrA, with Constant Nieuwenhuys, Corneille (Guillaume Cornelis Beverloo), and other painters from Copenhagen, Brussels and Amsterdam. Their unique style challenged abstraction and Surrealism, featuring bold, expressive compositions inspired by children’s doodles and folk art.
Following the group’s disbanding in 1951, Appel travelled extensively and pursued his career between Paris and New York. In 1954, he held his first gallery exhibition in the United States, and the following year, one of his paintings was included in the seminal group exhibition The New Decade at New York’s Museum of Modern Art, displaying his work alongside those by Francis Bacon, Pierre Soulages and Jean Dubuffet. Over time, his practice expanded to include sculpture, screen printing, stained glass and poetry, which continued until his death in Zürich on May 3, 2006.
Today, Appel’s works can be found in various major museums, including the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, the Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova in Turku, Finland, and The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C.
