Karel Appel
Composition with bird
Signed Appel. Canvas 93 x 74 cm.
Provenance
Uppsala Auktionskammar, 27 May 2005, lot 394.
Private collection, Stockholm (aquired from the above).
More information
Certificate of authenticity from the Karel Appel Foundation issued on Dec 16, 2014, accompanies this lot. (Reference #1453XDU).
Designer
Karel Appel was a Netherlandish visual artist, sculptor and ceramic artist born in Amsterdam. Appel studied at Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam. Appel drew inspirations for his creations from Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse. During his studies Appel met Beverloo Corneille who he later formed COBRA alongside. His artworks are often vibrant and expressionistic and depict various figures. Appel sculpted with different materials in what is known as the assemblage technique.
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