Thelma Appel Paintings

Thelma Appel Gravity's Rainbow, 2010 Acrylic on Canvas Hand Signed, Titled & Dated on the back of canvas 48 × 60 inches Unframed Thelma Appel was the subject of a 50 year career surv...

Thelma Appel City of Dreams III, 2011 Fabric Collage and Acrylic Painting on Canvas Signed, titled and dated on the back Frame included Signature: Signed, titled and dated on the ba...

Thelma Appel Times Square III, New Years, 2014 Oil on canvas painting Hand signed, titled and dated on the back 41 × 31 × 1 1/2 inches Frame included This unique signed painting was ...

THELMA APPEL Times Square VIII (Keep It Wild), 2016-2017 Acrylic and Collage on Canvas Hand signed, titled and dated on the back Framed This is a unique painting This work was exhib...

Thelma Appel The Fool, 2009 Acrylic on Canvas Signed, titled and dated by Thelma Appel on the back Frame included (held in the artist's original wood frame) Measurements: Frame: 50 ...

THELMA APPEL Prairie Flowers, 2014 Oil on Canvas painting Signed, titled & dated by the artist on the back of the canvas Framed: held in the artist's handmade frame This unique hand...

Thelma Appel Times Square IX (Dallas BBQ), 2016 Acrylic on Canvas Signed, titled and dated on the back Frame Included Measurements: Frame: 37 x 49 x 2 inches Artwork: 36 x 48 inches ...

Thelma Appel Justice, 2009 Oil on Canvas Hand signed, titled and dated on the back of the canvas Frame Included: held in the artist's original frame. Can be hung as is, or re-framed ...

Thelma Appel New Megiddo, 2014 Acrylic on canvas Signed, titled and dated on the back of the canvas by Thelma Appel Frame Included: held in original artist's frame This work, called ...

Thelma Appel Times Square V, 2015 Oil on canvas Signed, dated and titled by the artist on the back Frame Included: held in the original artist's frame Measurements: Frame: 60.5 x 48.5 x 2.5 inches Artwork: 60 x 48 inches Part of Thelma Appel's Times Square series of paintings which were exhibited at the Chashama Foundation in New York City in 2021, and in the invitational exhibition "New York and No Place Else: Art that Celebrates New York" at 320 West 23rd Street in Chelsea, Manhattan. 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 2019, 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 has also 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 in Bridgehampton and Art New York art fair, which selected Appel’s Times Square series of paintings for their invitational public Project Space sponsored by Absolut Vodka, and has been exhibited in both one-person and group shows at Alpha 137...

Thelma Appel Three handled Vase with Flowers, 2003 Original Oil on canvas painting Hand signed, titled and dated by the artist on the back Frame Inc...

Thelma Appel The Fool, from the Journey of the Tarot Series, 2009 Acrylic on Canvas Hand-signed by artist, Signed, titled and dated on the back Frame Included This unique, signed pai...

Thelma Appel In Memoriam, 2002 Acrylic on Canvas painting Hand signed, dated and titled in black marker on the back This is a unique work Frame Included Absolutely stunning signed painting by beloved abstract and representational painter Thelma Appel. This 2002 work was done by the artist to honor those who lost their lives in the 9-11 terrorist attacks, as the artist's studio was in lower Manhattan at the time. A similar work done by Appel from this era was acquired by the Police Museum in lower Manhattan, near Ground Zero. This work is elegantly framed in a handmade brushed aluminum museum frame and is ready to hang. Signed, titled and dated verso. Ms. Appel has been the subject of a 50 year career survey at the Brattleboro Museum in Vermont. Measurements: Frame: 18.78 x 24.3 x 4 inches Artwork: 18 x 24 inches This work will be accompanied by a limited edition catalogue of the artist's museum retrospective, along with the original invitation and separate promotional materials. Thelma Appel biography 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...

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 ...

Thelma Appel Croton Falls, 1987 Acrylic on Paper on Board Signed, titled and dated by the artist on the back Frame Included Thelma Appel is a renowned abstract and representational p...

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 F...

Thelma Appel Times Square XI (Recover Time), 2018 Acrylic and collage on Canvas Hand signed, titled and dated by the artist on the back Exhibited at the curated exhibition "New York ...

Thelma Appel Mount of Olives, 2010 Acrylic and Oil on Canvas Hand signed and titled on verso Artist's hand made frame included This painting was exhibi...

Thelma Appel Sea Garden V, 2014 Acrylic on canvas painting Signed, titled and dated verso of the canvas This is a unique work of art This work was featured ...

Thelma Appel Strang Lake, 2010 Oil on Canvas painting Hand signed, dated and titled on the back Held in original artist frame 30.5 inches (vertical) x 40.5 inches (horizontal) x 1.5 ...

Thelma Appel Times Square I, 2014 Acrylic and Fabric Collage Painting on Canvas hand signed, titled and dated on the verso Held in a hand made white wood frame This work was featured in the solo exhibition, Thelma Appel: Times Square As You've Never Seen it, Chashama Foundation, 320 West 23rd Street, Chelsea, NY. This work was chosen for the invitation to the exhibition, and the collector who purchases the work will be given five copies of the invitate and promotional materials that accompanied the show. It was also featured in the popular exhibition "New York and No Place Else: Art that Celebrates New York City" at Alpha 137 Gallery...

Thelma Appel Sea Garden IV, 2014 Acrylic on Canvas painting Unique Hand signed, titled and dated back of canvas Framed This work is accompanied by a limited...

Oil painting by Thelma Appel circa 1975. A landscape of grass fields fill the canvas, gently swaying in the wind. Painted in bright, surreal multicolored tones of yellows, reds, and ...

Oil painting by Thelma Appel from 1975. A landscape of grass fields fill the canvas, gently swaying in the wind. Painted in bright, surreal multicolored tones of yellows, reds, and blues. Signed and titled on verso, on shaped canvas. Artist: Thelma Appel, American (1940 - ) Title: Wheat Field...