Karel Appel

Karel Appel (1921-2006) was an influential Dutch painter, sculptor and poet known for his figurative abstract paintings employing a uniquely expressive use of color, form, and line. He started painting at the age of fourteen and studied at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam in the 1940s. Appel was a co-founder of the CoBrA group in 1948-1951 along with Asger Jorn and several other Danish, Belgian, and Dutch artists who were united in their rejection of rationalism and geometry, opting instead for more intuitive, expressive practices.

Fine Tribal & Modern Art Gallery