I don't paint, I hit. - Karel Appel

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I don't paint, I hit.

Karel Appel

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About Karel Appel

Karel Appel (April 25, 1921 – May 3, 2006) was a Dutch painter and sculptor. He was one of the early founders of the European avantgarde movement COBRA in 1948. Later Appel lived and worked in Paris and in the U.S. His painting art is mainly colorful and gestural.

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Pen Names: Apel, Karel • Appel, Christiaan Karel

Alternative Names: Appel Karel • Christiaan Karel Appel • C. K. Appel • Karel Apel • Christaan Karel Appel • C.K. Appel • K. Appel

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The struggle begins, to harmonize canvas, eye, hand, forms. New apparitions stalk the earth.

I'm not a pessimist. Maybe I don't have a primitive feeling of happiness, that is true. Sometimes my color is happy but not the expression.

('My three year old daughter can do as much'.) Yes, it is true, but the difference is that I do it.

I don't paint, I hit. - Karel Appel

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