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Karel Appel |
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| Karel Appel (April 25,1921-May
3, 2006) was a Dutch painter and sculptor, born in Amsterdam.
He studied at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten there
from 1940 to 1943 and had his first show in Groningen in 1946. He was influenced
by Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse and Jean Dubuffet; he joined
the Nederlandse Experimentele Groep and joined CoBrA in 1948 together with Corneille, Constant
and Jan Nieuwenhuys (see also Aart Kemink). His 1949 fresco
'Questioning Children' in the Amsterdam City Hall caused controversy and
was covered up for ten years. As a result of this contoversy Appel moved
to Paris in 1950 and he developed his international reputation
travelling to Mexico,the USA, Yugoslavia and Brazil. He is particularly noted
for his mural work and lived between New York and Florence. He died on the 3rd of May
2006 in ZÙrich, where he was living at the time. He is buried at the Pere Lachaise cemetery in Pa |
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