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Thelma Appel
Journey Through Hell, 9/11 Art, Signed painting, exhibited at Brattleboro Museum

2001

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Thelma Appel Journey Through Hell, 2001 Oil on Canvas Hand signed and dated by artist on the back of the canvas Frame Included: hand made metal museum frame This powerful, haunting work was exhibited at the Brattleboro Museum, Vermont in the 50 year survey exhibition, "Thelma Appel: Observed/Abstract", October 4, 2019 to February 9, 2020, curated by Mara Williams. (see installation photograph) It is also featured on the cover of the limited edition exhibition catalogue. (see photo of the cover). The collector who acquires this painting will also receive two copies of the limited edition exhibition catalogue published by the Brattleboro Museum on the occasion of this show, along with other biographical information on Thelma Appel "Journey Through Hell", whose powerful imagery, colors and title speak for themselves, created soon after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, represents the artist's visceral and haunting response to these heartbreaking events, as she lived and worked near lower Manhattan at that time. About the Artist A co-founder of the Bennington College Summer Painting Workshop, Thelma Appel is a representational and abstract painter who has been working and teaching for more than six decades. Most recently, she was subject of a 50-year career survey (October, 2019 -February 2020) at the Brattleboro Museum in Vermont, entitled Thelma Appel: Abstract/Observed curated by Mara Williams, and she exhibited at the Mattatuck Museum in Connecticut which acquired one of her fabric collages for their permanent collection. Thelma Appel was raised in Darjeeling, India and educated in London, England, at St. Martin's School of Art (now Central St. Martins) and Hornsey College of Art before emigrating to the United States in the 1960s. Her work has been exhibited in numerous venues, including the Bennington Museum, the Berkshire Museum in North Adams, Mass., the Children's Museum of the Arts in New York City, the Mattatuck Museum, the Brattleboro Museum, the Milwaukee Art Museum, the Robert Hull Fleming Museum at the University of Vermont and the University of Pennsylvania Fine Arts Gallery. In 1974 she was awarded a YADDO Fellowship, and in 1975, Thelma Appel, along with the painter Carol Haerer, co-founded the Bennington College Summer Painting Workshop, where many distinguished painters of the day, both abstract and representational, conducted master classes. Among them were Neil Welliver, John Button, Alice Neel, Larry Poons, Friedel Dzubas, Stanley Boxer, Elizabeth Murray and Doug Ohlson – a program that continued until 1980. She has also taught drawing at Parsons School of Design, painting at Southern Vermont College and at the University of Connecticut. Appel’s work has been presented at Art on Paper, Texas Contemporary, Market Art & Design and Art New York art fairs and has been exhibited at Alpha 137 Gallery in New York, Sager Reeves Gallery in Missouri and the Chashama Foundation in New York City. Measurements: Frame: 32 x 42 x 2 inches Artwork: 30 1/2 x 40 1/2 inches
  • Creator:
    Thelma Appel (1940, American)
  • Creation Year:
    2001
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 32 in (81.28 cm)Width: 42 in (106.68 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
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  • Condition:
    Excellent condition.
  • Gallery Location:
    New York, NY
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1745215013612

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