“The brushstroke, in painting, is purely and
simply what it is – rhythm,
color, matter.”

— Karel Appel

ATV, 187; p. 175
Karel Appel, a gesture of colour' (1992/2009)

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Dutch painter, sculptor, and poet 1921–2006

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