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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Pants (Pantalones), from the portfolio Borders and Belonging by Susan Harbage Page, Image 1.

    Susan Harbage Page

    Pants (Pantalones), from the portfolio Borders and Belonging, 2009

    Color inkjet print on cotton rag paper

    17 x 22 in (43.18 x 55.88 cm)

  2. Walking See Flower by James Surls, Image 1.

    James Surls

    Walking See Flower, 2001

    Painted steel

    156 x 156 x 48 in (396.24 x 396.24 x 121.92 cm)

  3. English Poet by Harvey Breverman, Image 1.

    Harvey Breverman

    English Poet, 1977

    Lithograph on paper

    22.5 x 30 in (57.15 x 76.2 cm)

  4. Here it comes ladies and gentlemen, and what a sight it is, a thrilling one, a marvelous sight... by George Kitta, Image 1.

    George Kitta

    Here it comes ladies and gentlemen, and what a sight it is, a thrilling one, a marvelous sight..., 1973

    Lithograph on paper

    24.75 x 32.75 in (62.87 x 83.19 cm)

  5. Kangaroos by Nicholas Monro, Image 1.

    Nicholas Monro

    Kangaroos, 1971

    Screenprint on paper

    27.375 x 40 in (69.53 x 101.6 cm)

  6. Woodlawn North by Robert Ernst Marx, Image 1.

    Robert Ernst Marx

    Woodlawn North, 1970

    Etching on paper

    11.75 x 8.75 x 0.5 in (29.85 x 22.23 x 1.27 cm)

  7. Capucine by Philippe Halsman, Image 1.

    Philippe Halsman

    Capucine, 1960

    Gelatin silver print

    13.75 x 10.75 in (34.93 x 27.31 cm)

  8. Marta Toren by Philippe Halsman, Image 2.

    Philippe Halsman

    Marta Toren, 1951

    Gelatin silver print

    13.875 x 10.875 in (35.24 x 27.62 cm)

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About the artist

Karel Appel

Dutch

1921-2006

Karel Appel was an influential Dutch painter whose figurative abstractions employed expressive colors and forms. Like Jean Dubuffet, Appel found inspiration in the artwork of children and the rejection of sophisticated aesthetic tastes. “Painting, like passion, is an emotion full of truth and rings a living sound, like the roar coming from the lion's breast,” he reflected. “To paint is to destroy what preceded. I never try to make a painting, but a chunk of life.” A member of the international avant-garde group CoBrA, founded in Paris in 1948, Karel Appel is broadly known for the whimsical style of his expressionist paintings. Considered the European counterparts of the American Abstract Expressionists, Appel and other members of CoBrA privileged spontaneity in an intuitive, almost child-like approach to painting.