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Karel Appel

1921 - 2006

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Christiaan Karel Appel (pronounced [ˈkrɪstijaːŋ ˈkaːrəl ˈɑpəl] ; 25 April 1921 – 3 May 2006) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karel Appel is the 369th most popular painter (up from 416th in 2019), the 145th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 173rd in 2019) and the 34th most popular Dutch Painter.

Karel Appel is most famous for his abstract paintings.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Karel Appel ranks 369 out of 2,023. Before him are David Alfaro Siqueiros, Édouard Vuillard, Asher Brown Durand, Balthus, Ferdinand Bol, and Luigi Russolo. After him are Christian Krohg, Sesshū Tōyō, Jean-Marc Nattier, Anna Ancher, Alexander Roslin, and Joseph Karl Stieler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Karel Appel ranks 69. Before him are Giuseppe Di Stefano, Kurt Knispel, György Cziffra, Edgar Morin, Akio Morita, and Mary Jackson. After him are Alexandra of Yugoslavia, Harry Daghlian, Countess Georgina von Wilczek, Murray Bookchin, Peter Benenson, and Franco Corelli. Among people deceased in 2006, Karel Appel ranks 46. Before him are Romano Mussolini, Telmo Zarra, Markus Wolf, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Steve Irwin, and Zoia Ceaușescu. After him are Ed Bradley, Ahmet Ertegun, Nam June Paik, John Kenneth Galbraith, Shelley Winters, and P. W. Botha.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Karel Appel ranks 145 out of 1,646. Before him are Gabriël Metsu (1629), Willem Janszoon (1570), Tom Gehrels (1925), Countess Louise Juliana of Nassau (1576), Wim Kok (1938), and Ferdinand Bol (1616). After him are Robert van Gulik (1910), Geert Hofstede (1928), Paulus Potter (1625), Joris Ivens (1898), Meindert Hobbema (1638), and Princess Irene of the Netherlands (1939).

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Among PAINTERS In Netherlands

Among painters born in Netherlands, Karel Appel ranks 34. Before him are Anton Mauve (1838), Willem de Kooning (1904), Aelbert Cuyp (1620), Adriaen van Ostade (1610), Gabriël Metsu (1629), and Ferdinand Bol (1616). After him are Paulus Potter (1625), Meindert Hobbema (1638), Maarten van Heemskerck (1498), Rachel Ruysch (1664), Pieter Lastman (1583), and Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten (1627).

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