Karel Appel, Dutch painter and sculptor (died 2006)

Karel Appel

Dutch painter, sculptor, and poet (1921–2006)

Christiaan Karel Appel was a Dutch painter, sculptor, and poet. He started painting at the age of fourteen and studied at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam in the 1940s. He was one of the founders of the avant-garde movement CoBrA in 1948. He was also an avid sculptor and has had…