Karel Appel (born April 25, 1921) is a 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 in 1948 together with Corneille, 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.
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Actual exhibitions in museums and galleries (http://www.artfacts.net/index.php/pageType/artistInfo/artist/688/lang/1)
KarelAppel is op 8 november 1948 mede-oprichter van de CoBrA groep (1948 - 1951) waarin schrijvers, dichters en beeldende kunstenaars zich verenigden om vanuit Kopenhagen, Brussel en Amsterdam samen te werken.
Appel maakte in zijn leven vele tekeningen, schilderijen, beelden en andere kunstonderwerpen.
Onder meer in het Cobramuseum in Amstelveen, het Stedelijk in Amsterdam en het Gemeentemuseum in Den Haag, aan wie Appel in 2002 veel werken op papier schonk, is werk van hem te zien.
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