<p>Dutch-born Karel Appel was part of the original COBRA group (Copenhagen, Brussels, Amsterdam) whose works were characterized by bold expressionist forms and raw, intense colors. From 1940 to 1943 Appel studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Amsterdam. By 1951, when he painted a mural for the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, he had earned an important place in the art world. His sculpture, paintings, and prints, thickly layered with color, have a childlike quality about them, but new possibilities present themselves at each viewing.</p> <p>He was awarded the UNESCO Prize at the 27th International Biennale in Venice, and the first prize at the Guggenheim International Exhibition in New York in 1960. He has exhibited in galleries worldwide and is represented in the collections of major museums in the United States, Canada, England, France, and Holland.</p> <p>SELECTED EXHIBITIONS</p> <p>Palais des Beaux-Arts, Bruxelles</p> <p>Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam</p> <p>Guggenheim Museum New York</p> <p></p> <p>SELECTED AWARDS</p> <p>He received the UNESCO Prize at the Venice Biennale of 1954</p> <p>Graphics prize at the Ljubljana Biennial in Yugoslavia</p> <p>International Prize for Painting at the São Paulo Bienal</p> <p>Awarded anin</p> <p>John Solomon Guggenheim Fellowship Award - New York, USA</p>