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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Untitled by Donald Richard Sexauer, Image 1.

    Donald Richard Sexauer

    Untitled, 1981

    Etching on paper

    8.5 x 5.375 in (21.59 x 13.65 cm)

  2. From Work by Irving Norman, Image 1.

    Irving Norman

    From Work, 1979

    Lithograph on antique white wove Stonehenge

    24.25 x 27.5 in (61.6 x 69.85 cm)

  3. Hsokhso by William Weege, Image 1.

    William Weege

    Hsokhso, 1979

    Handmade paper

    26.5 x 19.75 in (67.31 x 50.17 cm)

  4. The Catch by Sue Perkinson, Image 1.

    Sue Perkinson

    The Catch, 1977

    Screenprint on paper

    26 x 23 in (66.04 x 58.42 cm)

  5. Literary Critic by Harvey Breverman, Image 1.

    Harvey Breverman

    Literary Critic, 1977

    Lithograph on paper

    22.5 x 30 x 1.5 in (57.15 x 76.2 x 3.81 cm)

  6. Late Afternoon by Gordon Mortensen, Image 1.

    Gordon Mortensen

    Late Afternoon, 1974

    Woodcut on paper

    17.25 x 23.5 in (43.82 x 59.69 cm)

  7. Two Trees by Joel Goldblatt, Image 1.

    Joel Goldblatt

    Two Trees, 1963

    Lithograph on paper

    22.75 x 28.875 in (57.79 x 73.34 cm)

  8. Nymph & Poodle by Paul Resika, Image 1.

    Paul Resika

    Nymph & Poodle, 1961

    Lithograph on paper

    10 x 14 in (25.4 x 35.56 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.