Appel, Christian Karel

(4/25/1921 Amster-dam-5/3/2006 Zurich) (Holland); aka Appel, Karel

   Painter, graphic artist, master draughtsman, sculptor, and ceramicist. Studied at the Rijksmu-seum van Beeldende Kunsten. Expressionist artist, one of the founders of COBRA, worked in a childlike, colorful style. In latter years he turned to sculpture.

   Reproductions: A Phyllis and Eberhard; Philips, 1979: fig. 190 . [Abstract female nude]; Kronhausen, 1968: p. 142 [B]. [Abstract male with gigantic toothed head]; Kronhausen, 1968: p. 163 [B]. [Animal/human figures copulating]; oil on paper: Kronhausen, 1970c: plate XII . [Beastial-ity scene]; ink; Kronhausen, 1970c: p. 77 [B], plate [C]. [Bull copulating with woman]; oil on paper; Kronhausen, 1970c: plate XI [C]. [Couple]; Kronhausen, 1968: p. 57 [C]. [Cow copulating with woman]; oil on paper; Kronhausen, 1970c: plate X [C]. [Cubist/abstract copulating couple]; ink; Kronhausen, 1970c: p. 76 [B] / Hurwood, 1975: p. 201 [B]. [Dog-creature copulating with woman]; oil on paper; Kronhausen, 1970c: plate [C]. [Horned animal copulates with woman]; oil on paper; Kronhausen, 1970c: plate IX [C].

   [b]Source: AKL IV 1992: p. 542; Benezit, vol. 1: pp. 604607; DoA vol. 2: pp. 230-231.