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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Self-portrait at 45 by John H. Hunter, Image 1.

    John H. Hunter

    Self-portrait at 45, 1979

    Lithograph on paper

    15.25 x 22.5 in (38.74 x 57.15 cm)

  2. Paul by Sigmund Abeles, Image 1.

    Sigmund Abeles

    Paul, 1978

    Lithograph on paper

    29.875 x 22.25 in (75.88 x 56.52 cm)

  3. Untitled by Rita Alima, Image 1.

    Rita Alima

    Untitled, 1978

    Lithograph on paper

    30 x 22.25 in (76.2 x 56.52 cm)

  4. The Water-Snakes from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Patrick Procktor, Image 1.

    Patrick Procktor

    The Water-Snakes from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, 1976

    Etching on paper

    25.5 x 19.625 in (64.77 x 49.85 cm)

  5. Via Air Mail by Saul Steinberg, Image 1.

    Saul Steinberg

    Via Air Mail, 1973

    Lithograph on paper

    22.25 x 30 in (56.52 x 76.2 cm)

  6. Turn-About by Rudy O. Pozzatti, Image 1.

    Rudy O. Pozzatti

    Turn-About, 1972

    Lithograph on paper

    30 x 22.125 in (76.2 x 56.2 cm)

  7. Brown Field Defined by William Scott, Image 1.

    William Scott

    Brown Field Defined, 1972

    Screenprint on paper

    23 x 31 in (58.42 x 78.74 cm)

  8. Hillegas by Tom Holland, Image 1.

    Tom Holland

    Hillegas, 1971

    Lithograph on paper

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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.