“I don't paint, I hit.”

—  Karel Appel

quote circa 1958; from the movie 'De werkelijkheid van Karel Appel', Jan Vrijman; as quoted in De Tweede Helft, Ad de Visser, SUN Nijmegen, 1998

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Dutch painter, sculptor, and poet 1921–2006

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