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Karel Appel
Dutch painter, sculptor, and poet (1921-2006)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 25 April 1921
- Died
- 3 May 2006
- Place of birth
- Amsterdam
- Place of death
- Zurich
- Sex or gender
- male
- Given name
- Karel
- Family name
- Appel
- Movement
- COBRA, abstract expressionism
- Field of work
- painting, ceramic art, stained glass design
- Occupation
- painter, sculptor, printmaker, muralist, illustrator, poet, ceramicist, draftsperson, scenographer, visual artist, graphic artist, lithographer
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Native language
- Dutch
- artist files at
- Philadelphia Museum of Art Library and Archives, Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library, Frick Art Research Library, College for Creative Studies Library, National Gallery of Art Library
- copyright representative
- reproduction right represented by CISAC-member, Karel Appel Foundation, Artists Rights Society
- described by source
- UbuWeb, Kennisbank Capriolus, TheaterEncyclopedie, Glas in lood in Nederland 1817-1968
- end of work period
- 2006
- has works in the collection
- Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Städel Museum, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Auckland Art Gallery, Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Museum of Modern Art, National Gallery of Victoria, Tate, National Gallery of Art
- languages spoken, written or signed
- Dutch
- member of
- The 8th Street Club
- name in native language
- Karel Appel
- notable work
- The Discovery, Anti-Robot
- participant in
- Documenta II, Documenta III
- place of burial
- Père Lachaise Cemetery
- pseudonym
- Apel, Karel, Appel, Christiaan Karel
- represented by
- Karel Appel Foundation, Almine Rech Gallery, Galerie Lelong
- start of work period
- 1943
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