| dc.creator | Appel, Karel | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2008-01-23T16:13:28Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2008-01-23T16:13:28Z | |
| dc.identifier | 113593 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/24030 | en_US |
| dc.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. | en_US |
| dc.description | full view | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 87.3 x 59.8 x 15.8 cm (34.37 x 23.54 x 6.22 inches) | en_US |
| dc.format.medium | wood (plant material) | en_US |
| dc.format.medium | gouache | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartof | 117995 | en_US |
| dc.subject | Children's art | en_US |
| dc.subject | Children | en_US |
| dc.subject | Hunger | en_US |
| dc.subject | Outsider art | en_US |
| dc.subject | Pleading (Begging) | en_US |
| dc.subject | Cobra (Association) | en_US |
| dc.subject | Art, Modern --20th century | en_US |
| dc.subject | World War, 1939-1945 --Art and the war | en_US |
| dc.subject | Painting, Dutch --20th century | en_US |
| dc.subject | Sculpture, Dutch --20th century | en_US |
| dc.title | Questioning Children | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Vragende kinderen | en_US |
| dc.type | Image | en_US |
| dc.rights.access | All rights reserved | en_US |
| dc.publisher.institution | Repository: Tate Modern (London, England) ID: T04158 | en_US |
| vra.culturalContext | Dutch | en_US |
| vra.technique | painting (image-making) | en_US |
| vra.technique | assemblage (sculpture technique) | en_US |
| vra.worktype | Assemblage (Sculpture) | en_US |
| vra.worktype | Painting | en_US |
| dc.contributor.display | painter: Karel Appel (Netherlandish, 1921-) | en_US |
