Skip to main content
Almine Rech

Karel Appel Figures et Paysages

Oct 12 — Nov 16, 2019 | Paris
Inquire about the exhibition: inquiries@alminerech.com

Almine Rech Paris is holding its first monographic exhibition dedicated to Karel Appel (1921-2006), from October 12 to November 16 2019.

Appel is often described as the most influential Dutch artist of the second half of the 20th century, which is only partly true: he was of course born in Amsterdam, but in 1950, at age 29, left the Netherlands never to return. He moved to Paris with Corneille, Constant and Asger Jorn who formed the nucleus of CoBrA, a fiercely European avant-garde group founded two years earlier. “Amsterdam was the city of my youth; Paris was that of my evolution. What I learned there beats all the rest”, he later told writer Simon Vinkenoog.

Press release

  • read or download in English
  • lire ou télécharger en Français

Selected artworks

  • Karel Appel,                                      Red Flower, 1997

    Karel Appel Red Flower, 1997

    Oil on canvas
    243 x 193 cm
    95 5/8 x 76 in

  • Karel Appel,                                      Horizon of Tuscany no.38, 1995

    Karel Appel Horizon of Tuscany no.38, 1995

    Oil on canvas
    200 x 260 cm
    78 3/4 x 102 3/8 in

  • Karel Appel,                                      Horizon of Tuscany no.21, 1995

    Karel Appel Horizon of Tuscany no.21, 1995

    Oil and acrylic on canvas
    200 x 260 cm
    78 3/4 x 102 3/8 in

  • Karel Appel,                                      Horizon of Tuscany no.24, 1995

    Karel Appel Horizon of Tuscany no.24, 1995

    Oil and acrylic on canvas
    200 x 260 cm
    78 3/4 x 102 3/8 in

  • Karel Appel,                                      Horizon of Tuscany no.26, 1995

    Karel Appel Horizon of Tuscany no.26, 1995

    Oil on canvas
    115 x 300 cm
    45 1/4 x 118 1/8 inches

  • Karel Appel,                                      Lying Nude no.2, 1986

    Karel Appel Lying Nude no.2, 1986

    Oil on canvas
    182 x 426 cm
    71 5/8 x 167 3/4 in

  • Karel Appel,                                      Visage-Paysage no.8, 1977

    Karel Appel Visage-Paysage no.8, 1977

    Oil on canvas
    200 x 200 cm
    78 3/4 x 78 3/4 in

  • Karel Appel,                                      Visage-Paysage no.3, 1976

    Karel Appel Visage-Paysage no.3, 1976

    Oil on canvas
    200 x 200 cm
    78 3/4 x 78 3/4 in

  • Karel Appel,                                      Machteld (Nude Series), 1962

    Karel Appel Machteld (Nude Series), 1962

    Oil on canvas
    195 x 130 cm
    76 3/4 x 51 1/8 in

  • Karel Appel,                                      Phyllis (Nude Series),, 1963

    Karel Appel Phyllis (Nude Series),, 1963

    Oil on canvas
    195 x 129 cm
    76 3/4 x 50 3/4 in

  • Karel Appel,                                      Nude (Nude Series), 1962

    Karel Appel Nude (Nude Series), 1962

    Oil on canvas
    160 x 130 cm
    63 x 51 1/8 in

  • Karel Appel,                                      Nude Figure, 1989

    Karel Appel Nude Figure, 1989

    Oil on canvas
    195 x 243 cm
    76 3/4 x 95 5/8 in

  • Karel Appel,                                      Standing Nude no.3, 1987

    Karel Appel Standing Nude no.3, 1987

    Acrylic, Polaroid, rope on wood,
    on an iron base
    291 x 113 x 7 cm
    114 5/8 x 44 1/2 x 2 3/4 in

  • Karel Appel,                                      Standing Nude no.4, 1987

    Karel Appel Standing Nude no.4, 1987

    Acrylic, Polaroid, rope on wood,
    on an iron base
    262 x 44 x 7 cm
    103 1/8 x 17 3/8 x 2 3/4 inches

  • Karel Appel,                                      Etude de deux nues, 1966

    Karel Appel Etude de deux nues, 1966

    Oil on canvas
    300 x 200 cm
    118 1/8 x 78 3/4 in

  • Karel Appel,                                      Standing Nude, 2000

    Karel Appel Standing Nude, 2000

    Oil and acrylic on canvas
    260 x 200 cm
    102 3/8 x 78 3/4 in

  • Karel Appel,                                      Zittend naakt, 2000

    Karel Appel Zittend naakt, 2000

    Oil on canvas
    260 x 200 cm
    102 3/8 x 78 3/4 in