Standing Figure, Karel Appel, 1949

wood (plant material), h 56cm × w 29.5cm × d 13.5cm More details
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Shortly after the Second World War a new generation of young artists stepped into the limelight. With their unpolished and improvised painting and sculptures they celebrated their regained freedom after years of German occupation. Karel Appel looked at artefacts from Africa and Oceania. He thought they were exemplary models of the unspoilt creativity and drive that should form the basis of art in a free society.