The Indomitable Colors of Karel Appel

Result EUR175,500

Published on 07 June 2022, by Christophe Provot

Auction on 25 May 2022 - 19:00 (CEST) - 37, rue des Mathurins - 75008 Paris

The Dutch artist went down in history for works whose excesses in terms of both form and color rebelled against the pictorial conventions of his time.

Karel Appel (1925-2006), City-Cow, 1973, acrylic on canvas, 130 x 130 cm/51.2 x 51.2... The Indomitable Colors of Karel Appel

Karel Appel (1925-2006), City-Cow, 1973, acrylic on canvas, 130 x 130 cm/51.2 x 51.2 in.
Result: €175,500
© Karel Appel Foundation / Adagp, Paris 2022

Born in Amsterdam in 1921, Karel Appel was introduced to painting by his uncle when he was 15. Four years later he enrolled at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, which he attended until 1943. There he met one…

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