Thelma Appel
Charlie Playing, Arie Singing
2020

Name: Charlie Playing, Arie Singing
Brand: Thelma Appel
Price: 2000 USD
Availability: InStock

About the Item

Thelma Appel Charlie Playing, Arie Singing, 2020 Acrylic on canvas. Hand signed by the artist on the front; signed, titled and dated by the artist on the back 20 × 16 × 1/2 inches Framed by Artist This art work was selected by art historian David Cohen, publisher and editor of Artcritical Magazine for inclusion in the benefit exhibition Pets of the Pandemic. This work was cited for special commendation by the competition judge, art historian David Cohen, who wrote, "Masterful double portrait." Artist's Statement: “Charlie is a carpenter by profession. He is also an accomplished Harmonica player and magician. Business was slow in the time of Covid so Charlie had more time to play. As soon as his doggie Arie hears the music, he runs over and jumps on Charlie’s lap, opens his mouth and joins in! Arie loves the high notes and tries to adjust his vocals accordingly. Arie continues singing until the music stops, then he jumps down and runs off.” Thelma Appel Biographical Summary 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. In 2020, 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. She 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, the University of Pennsylvania Fine Arts Gallery - and seen on the A & E Television Series "The Way Home." 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.

Creator:

Thelma Appel (1940, American)

Creation Year:

2020

Dimensions:

Height: 20 in (50.8 cm)Width: 16 in (40.64 cm)Depth: 0.5 in (1.27 cm)

Medium:

Acrylic,Canvas

Movement & Style:

Realist

Period:

2010-