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From Villanova University Art Collection

  1. Petrea By Garden Wall by Karl R. Broodhagen, Image 3.

    Karl R. Broodhagen

    Petrea By Garden Wall, 1998

    oil on canvas

    11.5 x 16 in

  2. Perch And Fillets by Irene Carmean Ponsell, Image 2.

    Irene Carmean Ponsell

    Perch And Fillets, 1974

    Pastel on paper

    8.75 x 11.5 in

  3. Peace Flag I by John Castagno, Image 3.

    John Castagno

    Peace Flag I, 1970

    Mixed Media

    24 x 30 in

  4. Paris Street Scene by Unknown, Image 2.

    Unknown

    Paris Street Scene, 1959

    oil on canvas

    13 x 24 in

  5. Pensive Lady by Elizabeth Langsdorf Miller, Image 2.

    Elizabeth Langsdorf Miller

    Pensive Lady, 1940

    oil on canvas

    18 x 16 in

  6. Peacock Horizontal by Roy Witlin, Image 2.

    Roy Witlin

    Peacock Horizontal

    Acrylic

    20 x 35.5 in

  7. Patio by Ellen Samberg, Image 2.

    Ellen Samberg

    Patio

    Watercolor and pastel on paper

    11.5 x 8.5 in

  8. Penn's Treaty With The Indians by Naomi Charles Limont, Image 2.

    Naomi Charles Limont

    Penn's Treaty With The Indians

    Etching

    18.5 x 24.5 in

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About the artist

Karel Appel

Dutch

1921-2006

Karen Appel (1921-2006) was a Dutch painter, sculptor and writer, from the Netherlands. He studied at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam in the 1940s and was a part of the CoBrA movement. Greatly influenced by artists like Pablo Picasso and Matisse, he joined the CoBrA movement in 1948. Appel described painting “ like passion, is an emotion full of truth and rings a living sound, like the roar coming from the lion's breast,” and enjoyed abstract art and using expressive colors. He later died in Zurich Switzerland in 2006 and many of his pieces now belong to the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, National Gallery in Washington and more.

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