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Artist: Karel Appel (Dutch, 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 works featured in MoMA and other museums worldwide.
Galerie R is a private collection of quality works acquired by owners Rudi and Jean over the last 40 years. Our collection includes a diverse array of international works with a natural attention on American Figurative, American Realism and Social Realism work from the WPA period on. We work with aspiring and established art collectors, art consultants, and art dealers to authenticate and appraise works of art and to expand art collections.