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Biography of Karel Appel - Painter
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Karel Appel (born April 25, 1921) is a Netherlands|Dutch painter, born in Amsterdam. He studied at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten there from 1940 to 1943 and started exhibiting in 1946. He was influenced by Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse and Jean Dubuffet; he joined the Nederlandse Experimentele Groep and joined COBRA (avant-garde movement)|CoBrA in 1948 together with Guillaume Cornelis van Beverloo|Corneille, Constant Nieuwenhuys|Constant and Jan Nieuwenhuys. His 1949 fresco in the Amsterdam City Hall caused controversy and was covered up for ten years. In 1950 he moved to Paris and then developed his international reputation travelling to Mexico, the USA, Yugoslavia and Brazil. He is particularly noted for his mural work and now lives between New York and Florence. ==External link== *http://www.artfacts.net/index.php/pageType/artist Info/artist/688/lang/1 Actual exhibitions in museums and galleries da:Karel Appel de:Karel Appel nl:Karel Appel sv:Karel Appel
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