Karel Appel Original Signed No. Lithograph 1959

Untitled (possibly Paysage Mysterieux), 1959, lithograph, 22x30" (56x76cm), A/P (edition 120), signed and dated.
Print is in good condition and is unframed. Print was published by L'Oeuvre Gravee.
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Karel Appel was born in 1921 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 (European group allied with abstract expressionismin) in 1948 together with Corneille, Constant and Jan Nieuwenhuys.
Appel's work is characterized by informal brush work, bright, bold color, and a slashing line. His paintings often possess a childlike quality. Examples of his work are in the Boymans-Van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam. 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. Appel died in 2006.

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