Karel Appel Dutch 1926 - 2006 Show Poster Galerie Ariel, Paris Lithograph printed on Arches Printed by SMI, Paris. France 26 3/4" X 20 5/8" Framed Christiaan Karel Appel 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.SMI