Questioning Children
Appel, Karel

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Alternative Title
Vragende kinderen
Description
Appel prepared the surface of Questioning Children by nailing discarded pieces of wood to an old window shutter. The vibrant colours and roughly-painted figures recall the spontaneity of children’s art. CoBrA artists believed that such unconventional sources could re-invigorate post-war culture. In the same year Appel also used the title Questioning Children for a controversial mural at the Town Hall in Amsterdam, which was condemned as incomprehensible, and covered over with wallpaper. There is a note of tragedy in these works as the Dutch title also means 'begging children' and evokes scenes of poverty that Appel had witnessed in post-war Germany. full view
Type of Work
Assemblage (Sculpture); PaintingSubject
Children's art, Children, Hunger, Outsider art, Pleading (Begging), Cobra (Association), Art, Modern --20th century, World War, 1939-1945 --Art and the war, Painting, Dutch --20th century, Sculpture, Dutch --20th century
Rights Statement
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Item is Part of
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