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Karel Appel Biography
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1921 |
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Born: in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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1940 - 1943 |
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Studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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1948 |
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Founds the Cobra Group
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1950 |
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Moved to Paris, France
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1954 |
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Received the UNESCO Prize at the Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
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1958 |
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Became an internationally recognized artist
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2006 |
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Died: in Zürich, Switzerland
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2013
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Modern Print Masters Stock - The Watermill, Aberfeldy, Perthshire (Scotland)
Chronicles Of Dopobomba - Museo d`Arte Contemporanea Lissone, Lissone
Artistic Relationships: Partners, Mentors, Lovers - Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, Charlotte, NC
Appassionata. Die Sammlung Selinka Im Dialog - Kunstmuseum Ravensburg, Ravensburg
Karel Appel - Robinsons Art Gallery, Knokke-Zoute
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2012
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Karel Appel – I don’t paint, I hit! - Museum Jorn (former Silkeborg Art Museum), Silkeborg
Karel Appel - Gallery LL, Amsterdam
The Art of Summer: Contemporary & Modern Works - Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
The Biennial of Painting: The Image of Man - MDD - Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle
Cobra - 1000 Days of Free Art - SSM - Sakip Sabanci Müzesi, Istanbul
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2011
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Karel Appel: The Expression of Color - Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI
Europe at Mid-Century: Dubuffet, Giacometti, Picasso - MFA - Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA
Painterly Abstraction, 1949-1969: Selections from the Guggenheim Collections - Museo Guggenheim de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo, Bilbao
Focus: Abstraktion - Werke Aus Der Sammlung Essl - ESSL MUSEUM - KUNST DER GEGENWART, Klosterneuburg
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2010
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Painting on the Sea, The Sea as Pretext, Works from the IVAM Collection, Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, Valencia, Spain
Goya and the Modern World, Palazzo Reale, Milan, Italy
Le grand geste! International Painting from Pollock to Schumacher - Art Informel and Abstract Expressionism, Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf, Germany
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2009
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Karel Appel. Peintures 2000-2001, Galerie Lelong, Paris, France (solo)
Karel Appel. The Sixties, Galerie Ulysses, Vienna, Austria (solo)
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2008
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Karel Appel: Opere 1990-2002, Galleria Arte 92, Milan, Italy (solo)
Karel Appel. Jazz 1958-1962, Cobra Museum, Amstelveen, The Netherlands (solo)
Modern Prints - Klassische Moderne bis Pop Art, Galerie Proarta, Zurich, Switzerland
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2007
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Karel Appel. Monumentale Aktzeichnungen, Albertina, Vienna, Austria (solo)
Karel Appel. Works on Paper 1949 – 2005, Galerie Ulysses, Vienna, Austria (solo)
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2006
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Karel Appel. Last Paintings, Galerie Ulysses, Vienna, Austria (solo)
Pierre Alechinsky & Karel Appel. Peinture à quatre mains, Galerie Lelong, Zurich, Switzerland
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2005
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Karel Appel: Opere 1991 – 2002, Galleria Arte 92, Milan, Italy (solo)
Karel Appel Retrospective, Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum, Bratislava, Slovakia (solo)
Karel Appel. Paintings and Sculptures, Galerie Ulysses, Vienna, Austria (solo)
Karel Appel. Recent works, Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, The Netherlands (solo)
Karel Appel. Onderweg. Reis van Rudi Fuchs langs de kunst der Lage Landen, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium (solo)
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2004
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Karel Appel. New Works on Paper, JG Contemporary, New York, NY (solo)
Karel Appel. The Cobra Years, Galerie Ulysses, Vienna, Austria (solo)
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2003
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Karel Appel: oeuvres sur papier 1999-2002, Galerie Lelong, Paris, France (solo)
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2002
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Japanese Landscapes, Galerie Lelong, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
Mutation in Motion, , Galerie Ulysses, Vienna, Austria (solo)br>Karel Appel, Kunstforum Wien, Vienna, Austria (solo)
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2001
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Karel Appel, Pastorale Chiaroscuro, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (solo)
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2000
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Recente sculpturen & gedichten, S.M.A.K., Gent, Belgium (solo)
The Will to Power of the Planets Zomeropstelling 2000, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (solo)
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1999
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Toys from the Attic, Bergen Museum of Art, Norway (solo)
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1998
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Psychopathological Art, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (solo)
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1996
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Karel Appel. Gemälde, Gouachen, Zeichnungen 1950-1965, BAWAG Fondation, Vienna, Austria (solo)
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1994
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A Retrospective by Karel Appel, The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea (solo)
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1993
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Singing Donkeys, New Sculptures by Karel Appel, Paleis Lange Voorhout, The Hague, The Netherlands (solo)
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1990
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Karel Appel, Ik wou dat Ik een Vogel was (Karel Appel, If I Were a Bird), Haags Gemeente Museum, The Hague, The Netherlands (solo)
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1989
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Karel Appel, National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan (solo)
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1987
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Karel Appel. Dipinti, Sculpture e Collages, Castello di Rivoli, Turin, Italy (solo)
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1986
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Recent Paintings and Sculptures: Clouds, Windmills, Nudes and Other Mythologies, Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL (solo)
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1984
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Karel Appel, Oeuvres Recentes, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium (solo)
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1982
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The New Work of Karel Appel, Paintings 1979-1981, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (solo)
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1978
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Karel Appel Retrospective, Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela (solo)
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1977
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Karel Appel, Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, Mexico (solo)
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1974
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Karel Appel Retrospective, Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale, FL (solo)
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1972
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Appel's Appels, Musée d'Art Contemporain, Montreal, Quebec (solo)
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1968
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Karel Appel, Reliefs 1966-68, Centre National d'Art Contemporain, Paris, France (solo)
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1966
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Karel Appel. Paintings 1947-65, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden (solo)
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1965
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Appel, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (solo)
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1962
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Karel Appel: Sculptures, 1962, Galerie Rive Droite, Paris, France (solo)
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1961
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Karel Appel, West Coast Exhibiton, San Francisco Art Museum, San Francisco, CA (solo)
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1960
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Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
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1957
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Paintings Karel Appel, Institute of Contemporary Art, London, UK (solo)
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1953
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Karel Appel, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium (solo)
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| Selected Public Collections |
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Scottish National Galerie of Modern Art, Edinburgh, Scotland
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
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Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
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The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
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an Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C.
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Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israël
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National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan
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Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
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Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, Mexico
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Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Cobra Museum, Amstelveen, The Netherlands
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Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain
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Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Mamac - Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain, Liege, Belgium
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Museo de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paolo, São Paolo, Brazil
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The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
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Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
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Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
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Les Abattoires - Centre d’Art Moderne et Contemporain, Toulouse, France
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Musée National d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporian, Nice, France
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Museum Ludwig, Köln, Germany
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Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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Museum Moderner Kunst, Wien, Austria
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Musée Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium
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| Literature |
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2001
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Karel Appel, Pastorale Chiaroscuro - Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Rotterdam, 2001
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1994
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Donald Kuspit, Karel Appel Sculpture : A Catalogue raisonné - Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1994
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1988
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Michel Ragon, Karel Appel : Peinture 1937 – 1957 - Galilée, Paris, 1988
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