Cotton Prints

Inspired by the poetry of Charles Baudelaire, this digital painting is based off a photograph of a famous German dancer from the early 20th century. In the foreground, poppy buds evoke a drug-induced state of altered consciousness, amplified by the dreamlike atmosphere of the background. A robin emerges from the woman's chest, symbolizing her obsession. Signed, numbered Limited Edition. Year of Creation: 2015 Edition Number: 1/300 Artist’s Signature: Printed on the Canvas + original signature on Limited Edition Certificate...

This Pop-Surrealist digital painting depicts a woman being tempted by a serpent in the Garden of Eden. Instead of an apple, she is holding a broken heart in her hands. The female figure stand out against a lush background of exotic foliage and flowers. Part of a signed, numbered Limited Edition. "Certificate of Authenticity" include. Basswood box frame. Year of Creation: 2015 Edition Number: 1/300 Artist’s Signature: Printed on the Canvas + original signature on Limited Edition Certificate...

Beautiful reproduction of an antique English map showing th Planisfere, with astral hemisfere, made in 1629. We can see with what mastery of join...

Three narrow panels each approximately measures 15" x 48". Probably made as valences.

Female sacredness is recurrent in this artist's pop-surrealist works. The splendid priestess crosses the metaphysical architecture of her palace, embodying the archaic mystery of femininity. On a panel of fine cotton pictorial canvas, the piece is complete with an American box frame in basswood. Signed and numbered limited edition...

Beautiful reproduction of an antique map showing th Planisfere, with continets, lands and their populations. We can see with what mastery of joints and vivid colours the author depic...

This Pop-Surrealist digital painting depicts a shaded female figure with a red flower emerging from her chest, whose sweet fragrance attracts a swarm of bees. This piece symbolizes the tragic fate of the Queen Bee...

Beautiful reproduction of an antique English map showing th Planisfere, with continets, views of important cities and their population, made in 1...

This work celebrates the artist's dreamlike Pop Surrealism. It portrays a woman protected by the green cloak of Mother Nature. She is lost in imaginative thought, which soars to the ...

Inspired by Piero della Francesca's Brera Madonna, this Pop-Surrealist digital painting showcases the symbol of life, an egg, which has been transformed into a light-giving chandelier at the top right. A female figure caresses a feather in her hands, which represents the generating mother, center and fulcrum of the creative universe. Signed, number Limited Edition...

This digital painting symbolizes the restraints imposed by the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. A woman's face is masked by a flutter of bird wings. Her gaze shines through, seeking freedo...

This Pop-Surrealist digital painting depicts a blue woodpecker nestled in a woman's hair, lost in happy thoughts. Viewed from behind, the female figure looks out at the leaden horizo...

This Limited Edition, Pop-Surrealist digital artwork is made by assembling photographs and illustrations into a collage. This sensual piece features two elegant, identically dressed ...

The protagonist of this Pop-Surrealist digital painting is a butterfly hunter, who catches her prey in the palms of her hands to experience the fleeting throb of its wings. She then releases it to fly free and light, like thoughts of joy. Signed, numbered limited edition with “Certificate of Authenticity”. Basswood box frame.   Year of Creation: 2015 Edition Number: 1/300 Artist’s Signature: Printed on the Canvas + original signature on Limited Edition Certificate...

This limited edition digital painting in the Pop Surrealist style immortalizes the fleeting moment of desire. One woman intimately reaches out to another in a dreamy poppy field in rich shades of red and pink. Signed and numbered by the artist. Certificate of Authenticity. Canvas mounted on spruce with basswood box frame. Year of Creation: 2015 Edition Number: 1/300 Artist’s Signature: Printed on the Canvas + original signature on Limited Edition Certificate...

This stunning limited edition artwork is a digital pictorial piece made by assembling photographs and illustrations. The pop-surrealist artwork is inspired by the 1968 visionary film...

Super rare and impressive pair of large cotton ''gordijnstof' curtains, designed in 1963 by world renowned Dutch painter and sculptor Karel Appel (1921-2006) for the textile company Hermann Hartman & Co of Amsterdam. This extremely rare, original repeat print textile is documented in the Stedelijk museum's textile collection under object nubmer KNA 1998, please see image 2. Each curtain measures 56.7" X 83.85" (144cm X 213cm). 'Gordijnstof' translates as "curtain fabric" confirming that this textile was originally designed by Appel specifically for use as curtains however being of such an impressive dimension these examples could equally be used as wall hangings ,as photographed, or mounted on both sides of a screen or mounted and framed as an art work in its own right , a practice which is becoming increasingly commonplace as high end textile designs by important artists are becoming increasingly valued , appreciated and sought after in the marketplace. Appel's paintings and sculptures can be found in the collections of some of the world's most prominent museums including the Museum of Modern art in New York and Tate Modern ,London. Each curtain is of a very impressive scale with each measuring 56.7 " (144 cm) X 83.85" (213cm). The curtains are signed on the banding KUNSTENAAR DESSIN ONTWERP Karel Appel, HARTMAN PRINT, AMSTERDAM. Another of Appel's designs for Hermann Hartman,Amsterdam can be found in the collection of the national textile museum in Holland. Please see image 9. Even a small sample of this 1963 textile in good condition would be hard to find today but to find two large scale Appel curtains intact and in beautiful unfaded condition with no staining or fraying must be next to unique today. This is a very rare find and certainly a unique opportunity. Image 10 shows Karel Appel in his atelier in New York in 1966. Provenance: These curtains come from the private collection of a retired Professor from Oxford,UK. Biography: Karel Appel was an Expressionist Dutch painter. He was a member of the famous Cobra, the European group of the late 1940s to early 1950s, which promoted spontaneous expressionism and abstract features in painting. Appel's paintings incorporate applications of vibrant, violent colors often possessing a primal, childlike quality or a schizophrenic innocence. Later in life, Appel turned to creating figurative sculptures. Examples of his work can be seen in the Museum of Modern Art, New York City, Boymans-Van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam, and other collections. Expressionist painter Karel Appel made a name for himself in the world of painting by creating a majestic collection of highly distinguishable work for which he became internationally renowned. From the start, art curators could not ignore Appel's work, which has been exhibited at major museums around the world, including New York's Museum of Modern Art, the Manhattan-based Guggenheim Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and the Tate Gallery in London. Though Appel is widely recognized as one of the best-known Dutch Expressionist painters of all time, he was also a passionate printmaker, sculptor, and ceramicist. Karel Appel’s childhood and early life Christiaan Karel Appel was born on April 25, 1921, in his parents’ house at 7 Dapperstraat, Amsterdam. His father, Jan Appel, owned a barbershop. His mother, born Johanna Chevalier, was a descendant of French Huguenots. Karel Appel had three brothers. He studied art from 1940 to 1943 at the Rejksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, the Royal Academy of Fine Arts during the German occupation and befriended young painter Corneille and, some years later, Constant. His parents opposed his choice to become an artist, leading him to leave home. This was also necessary to hide himself from the German police so that he would not be picked up and sent to Germany to work in the weapon industry. Appel produced his first real painting on canvas, which was a still life of a fruit basket at the age of fourteen. On his fifteenth birthday, his wealthy uncle Karel Chevalier gave him a paint set and an easel and some lessons on painting. Career. In 1946, his first solo show was held in Groningen, Netherlands. He also participated in the Jonge Schilders exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum of Amsterdam nd created a buzz in the art world, as it generated a huge scandal and many objections in the press and public. About this time, Appel was influenced first by Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse, then by the French brute-art artist Jean Dubuffet. In 1947, he started sculpting with various used materials and painted them in bright colors such as white, red, yellow, blue and black. Karel Appel became the member of Nederlandse Experimentele Group in Holland along with the young Dutch painters Anton Rooskens...