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APPEL, KAREL

The Dutch artist Karel Appel was one of the most important artists of the post-war period and for a long time had the reputation of being its enfant terrible.

Karel Appel was born in Amsterdam in 1921, the second of four children. His father had a barber shop, where Appel trained in the 1930s. His uncle, the painter Karel Chevalier, taught him to draw and introduced him to his own teacher, Jozef Verheijen. He was accepted into the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten in Amsterdam in 1942 on his second attempt. He became acquainted with the works of the Cubists. In 1946 Appel had his first exhibition in Groningen and shortly afterwards took part in the group exhibition "Jonge Schilders" in the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. On his numerous trips through Europe, it was inevitable that he should encounter the works of Matisse, Dubuffet, and Picasso. The more the young artist engaged with their work, the more important they became to his own artistic development. In 1948, Karel Appel, Corneille and Constant founded the artist group CoBrA, which produced highly expressive figurative works. The 1949 mural "Vragende kinderen" in the canteen of the Amsterdam City Hall led to a public scandal after viewers were appalled by the "children's paintings"; the work was not shown in public again until some decades later. In 1951, the CoBrA group split up.

At the beginning of the 1950s, the art critic Michel Tapié became aware of the work of the Dutchman, who by then lived in Paris, and became an important supporter. Karel Appel had his international breakthrough in 1954 when he represented the Netherlands at the 27th Venice Biennale and was awarded the UNESCO Prize. In 1957, Appel travelled to New York for the first time, where he met, among others, the gallery owner Martha Jackson, who was to represent him for the rest of her life. In 1959 he won the Grand Prize for Painting at the Sao Paulo Biennale. He was one of the participants in documenta II and III. In 1968 he was inducted into the Order of Orange-Nassau. Again and again, even into old age, Karel Appel sought collaboration with other artists and, for example, provided the designs for various opera performances. Countless travels in the early 1990s led Appel to keep studios in New York, Monaco, and Tuscany, among other places. By then he lived most of the time in New York. In 1999, the Karel Appel Stichling was founded, to which the artist transferred all rights to past and future works. In 2003 he was inducted into the French Legion of Honour. Increasing health problems led to Karel Appel spending more and more time in Zurich, where he died in 2006.


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Lot 3409* - Z35 PostWar & Contemporary - Saturday 07 December 2013, 04.00 PM

KAREL APPEL

(Amsterdam 1921–2006 Zurich)
Paysage noir. 1960.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated lower left: Appel 1960. Entitled and dated verso on the stretcher: paysage noir 1960.
130 x 195 cm.

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Lot 3422 - Z29 PostWar & Contemporary - Friday 03 December 2010, 05.00 PM

KAREL APPEL

(Amsterdam 1921–2006 Zurich)
Bear no. I. 1989.
Öl auf Leinwand.
Unten links signiert: appel.
91 x 61 cm.

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Lot 3441 - A201 PostWar & Contemporary - Thursday 30 June 2022, 05.00 PM

KAREL APPEL

(Amsterdam 1921–2006 Zürich)
Smiling in the Ping. 1964.
Oil on canvas.
Signed lower left: appel, also signed and dated on the stretcher: SMILING IN THE PING appel.
80 × 65 cm.

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Lot 3411 - Z27 PostWar & Contemporary - Friday 04 December 2009, 05.30 PM

KAREL APPEL

(Amsterdam 1921–2006 Zurich)
Gesicht. 1970.
Öl auf Leinwand.
Unten links signiert und datiert: appel 70.
121 x 91 cm.

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Lot 3342* - Z32 PostWar & Contemporary - Friday 22 June 2012, 05.25 PM

KAREL APPEL

(Amsterdam 1921–2006 Zurich)
Two Figures. 1989.
Acryl und Ölkreide auf Papier, auf Karton aufgelegt.
Unten rechts signiert: appel.
139 x 215 cm.

CHF 38 000 / 48 000 | (€ 39 180 / 49 480)

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Lot 3414* - Z36 PostWar & Contemporary - Saturday 28 June 2014, 04.00 PM

KAREL APPEL

(Amsterdam 1921–2006 Zurich)
Fille. 1963.
Öl auf Leinwand.
Unten rechts signiert: appel, zudem verso auf der Leinwand signiert: appel.
35 x 27 cm.

CHF 10 000 / 15 000 | (€ 10 310 / 15 460)

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Lot 3424* - A197 PostWar & Contemporary - Thursday 01 July 2021, 05.00 PM

KAREL APPEL

(Amsterdam 1921–2006 Zurich)
Tête jaune. 1973.
Oil on canvas.
Signed lower right: appel, as well as on the reverse: appel.
46 × 27 cm.

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Lot 3450 - A207 PostWar & Contemporary - Thursday 30 November 2023, 02.00 PM

KAREL APPEL

(Amsterdam 1921–2006 Zurich)
Untitled. 1982.
Acrylic on paper on canvas.
Signed and dated lower right: Appel 82.
36,7 × 25 cm.

CHF 7 000 / 9 000 | (€ 7 220 / 9 280)

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Lot 3265A* - Z26 PostWar & Contemporary - Friday 19 June 2009, 04.30 PM

KAREL APPEL

(Amsterdam 1921–2006 Zurich)
Personnage.
Öl auf Papier.
Unten links signiert: appel.
43 x 31 cm.

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Lot 3636* - Z24 PostWar & Contemporary - Monday 30 June 2008, 02.00 PM

KAREL APPEL

(Amsterdam 1921–2006 Zurich)
Komposition. 1972.
Tempera und Kreide auf Papier.
Unten rechts signiert und datiert: appel 72.
75.5 x 52.5 cm.

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Lot 3423 - A197 PostWar & Contemporary - Thursday 01 July 2021, 05.00 PM

KAREL APPEL

(Amsterdam 1921–2006 Zurich)
Untitled. 1948.
Gouache on paper, firmly laid on cardboard.
Signed and dated lower left: K. Appel 48.
48 × 32 cm.

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Lot 3416* - Z36 PostWar & Contemporary - Saturday 28 June 2014, 04.00 PM

KAREL APPEL

(Amsterdam 1921–2006 Zurich)
Die Rivalen. 1959.
Öl auf Papier, auf Leinwand aufgelegt.
Unten links signiert und datiert: appel 59.
53,5 x 73,5 cm.

CHF 8 000 / 12 000 | (€ 8 250 / 12 370)

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Lot 3237 - Z20 Impressionist & Modern Art - Friday 23 June 2006, 04.45 PM

KAREL APPEL

(Amsterdam 1921–2006 Zürich)
Komposition. 1982.
Gouache auf Papier.
Unten rechts signiert und datiert: Appel 82.
36 x 26 cm.

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Lot 6802* - ibid121 PostWar & Contemporary - online only - Wednesday 07 July 2021, 05.00 PM

KAREL APPEL

(Amsterdam 1921–2006 Zurich)
Untitled (Design for Fabric). Circa 1956.
Gouache on paper.
Signed on the verso: Karel Appel.
54.7 × 45.6 cm.

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Lot 3718 - A181 Prints & Multiples - Saturday 01 July 2017, 04.00 PM

KAREL APPEL

(Amsterdam 1921–2006 Zurich)
Ten by Appel. 1978.
Portfolio of 10 colour lithographs, title, imprint, table of content as well as lithographed text. 125/175. Each signed in pencil lower right: appel. Image 53.5 x 74 cm on vélin 61.5 x 81.5 cm. Published by London Arts, Detroit. Printed by Atelier Dumas, New York (with the blindstamp). In the original case. Complete.

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Lot 6803* - ibid125 PostWar & Contemporary - online only - Wednesday 08 December 2021, 04.30 PM

KAREL APPEL

(Amsterdam 1921–2006 Zurich)
Untitled (Design for Fabric). Circa 1956.
Gouache on paper.
Signed verso: Karel Appel.
31.5 × 31.7 cm.

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Lot 3352 - Z20 Prints & Multiples - Friday 23 June 2006, 02.00 PM

KAREL APPEL

(Amsterdam 1921–2006 Zurich)
Drôle de Drame. 1960.
Lithographie 109/120. Unten rechts signiert und datiert: Appel 60. Darstellung 46x65 auf Vélin 56x76 cm. Sehr schöne Zustand.

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Lot 3203 - Z16 Prints & Multiples - Wednesday 23 June 2004, 02.00 PM

KAREL APPEL

(Amsterdam 1921–2006 Zurich)
Figur. 1960.
Lithographie 81 / 125. Unten rechts signiert und datiert: Appel 60. Auf Vélin de Rives 76 x 56 cm. Unten links Blindprägestempel des Verlegers L'Oeuvre gravée. Farbfrischer Abzug.

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Lot 7005 - ibid128 Prints & Multiples - online only - Wednesday 06 July 2022, 04.00 PM

KAREL APPEL

(Amsterdam 1921–2006 Zurich)
Untitled. 1969.
Lithograph in colours. Signed and dated in pencil lower right: appel 69. Image 63.8 × 50 cm on wove paper by Arches (with watermark) 76.5 × 57 cm.

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Lot 3217* - Z19 Prints & Multiples - Wednesday 07 December 2005, 02.00 PM

KAREL APPEL

(Amsterdam 1921–2006 Zurich)
Figur. 1969.
Lithographie 92/200. Unten rechts signiert und datiert: Appel 69. Darstellung 64x50 cm auf beigem Vélin. Gerahmt.

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Lot 3207 - Z17 Prints & Multiples - Wednesday 08 December 2004, 02.00 PM

KAREL APPEL

(Amsterdam 1921–2006 Zurich)
Komposition, 1969.
Lithographie, bezeichnet: épreuve d'essai XI / XV. Unten rechts signiert und datiert: Appel 69. Darstellung: 51 x 64 cm. Gerahmt.

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Lot 7012 - ibid131 Prints & Multiples - online only - Wednesday 07 December 2022, 10.00 AM

KAREL APPEL

(Amsterdam 1921–2006 Zurich)
Untitled. 1991.
Etching in colours. Signed and dated in pencil lower right: appel 91. Image 33.5 × 19.5 cm on wove paper 85 × 65 cm (visible measurements).

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Lot 3494* - Z33 Prints & Multiples - Friday 07 December 2012, 10.00 AM

KAREL APPEL

(Amsterdam 1921–2006 Zurich)
Paysage mystérieux. 1959.
Farblithographie. Bon à tirer, ausserhalb einer Auflage von 120. Unten rechts signiert, datiert und bezeichnet: Appel 59 Bon à Tirer. Darstellung 48 x 62,5 cm auf Vélin von BFK Rives (mit dem Wasserzeichen) 56,6 x 76,5 cm. Erschienen bei L'Oeuvre Gravée (mit dem Blindstempel).

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Lot 7003* - ibid121 Prints & Multiples - online only - Wednesday 07 July 2021, 03.00 PM

KAREL APPEL

(Amsterdam 1921–2006 Zurich)
Regard vers l'infini. 1963.
Colour lithograph. 7/95. Signed and dated lower right: Appel 63. Image 51 × 68 cm on BFK Rives 56 × 76 cm.

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