Christiaan Karel Appel (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.

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The Whirling Sun

Date: 1966

Genre: abstract

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Hip, Hip, Hoorah!
Date: 1949

Genre: figurative

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People, Birds and Sun

Date: 1954

Genre: figurative

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