Thelma Appel Figurative Paintings
American, b. 1940
A co-founder of the Bennington College Summer Painting Workshop, Thelma Appel is a representational and abstract painter who has been working and teaching for more than six decades. Most recently, she was subject of a 50-year career survey (October, 2019 -February 2020) at the Brattleboro Museum in Vermont, entitled Thelma Appel: Abstract/Observed curated by Mara Williams. She was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, raised in Darjeeling, India and educated in London, England, at St. Martin's School of Art (now Central St. Martins) and Hornsey College of Art before emigrating to the United States in the 1960s. Her work has been exhibited in numerous venues, including the Bennington Museum, the Berkshire Museum in North Adams, Mass., the Children's Museum of the Arts in New York City, the Mattatuck Museum, the Brattleboro Museum, the Milwaukee Art Museum, the Robert Hull Fleming Museum at the University of Vermont and the University of Pennsylvania Fine Arts Gallery. In 1974 she was awarded a YADDO Fellowship, and in 1975, Thelma Appel, along with the painter Carol Haerer, co-founded the Bennington College Summer Painting Workshop, where many distinguished painters of the day, both abstract and representational, conducted master classes. Among them were Neil Welliver, John Button, Alice Neel, Larry Poons, Friedel Dzubas, Stanley Boxer, Elizabeth Murray and Doug Ohlson – a program that continued until 1980. She has also taught drawing at Parsons School of Design, painting at Southern Vermont College and at the University of Connecticut. Appel’s work has been presented at Art on Paper, Texas Contemporary Art Fair , Market Art
Design in the Hamptons, Art Expo, and Art New York art fairs. Appel’s Times Square series of paintings was awarded a solo exhibition by the Chashama Foundation in their Chelsea exhibition space, and selected by the curator of the Port Authority exhibition program in Manhattan, and her work has been exhibited at the Sager Braudis Gallery (now Sager Reeves), Alpha 137 Gallery, the Fourt Points Gallery in Connecticut and other galleries nationwide.to
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Artist: Thelma Appel
In Memoriam (American Flag), unique signed acrylic painting on canvas, Framed
By Thelma Appel
Located in New York, NY
Thelma Appel
In Memoriam, 2002
Acrylic on Canvas painting
Hand signed, dated and titled in black marker on the back
This is a unique work
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Red Hill, gorgeous acrylic on canvas landscape painting, unique, signed, framed
By Thelma Appel
Located in New York, NY
Gorgeous painting by beloved represtational painter Thelma Appel
Thelma Appel
Red Hill, 2001
Acrylic painting on canvas
Hand signed, dated and titled verso
Measurements:
Framed
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2010s Naturalistic Thelma Appel Figurative Paintings
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Santorini IV, gorgeous unique signed oil on canvas painting of Greek isle Greece
By Thelma Appel
Located in New York, NY
Thelma Appel
Santorini IV, 2019
Oil on canvas painting
Hand signed, titled and dated verso
28 × 22 × 1 1/2 inches
Unique
Frame included: elegantly framed in a hand made white wood f...
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Thelma Appel Rescued Doll with Flower Vase, unique pastel on paper signed twice
By Thelma Appel
Located in New York, NY
Thelma Appel
Rescued Doll, with Flower Vase, 2016
Pastel on paper drawing
Signed on the back of the artwork; also signed and titled by artist on the back of the accompanying board; u...
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2010s Realist Thelma Appel Figurative Paintings
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Journey Through Hell, 9/11 Art, Signed painting, exhibited at Brattleboro Museum
By Thelma Appel
Located in New York, NY
Thelma Appel
Journey Through Hell, 2001
Oil on Canvas
Hand signed and dated by artist on the back of the canvas
Frame Included: hand made metal museum frame
This powerful, haunting ...
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Charlie Playing, Arie Singing, signed canvas painting, won juried art contest
By Thelma Appel
Located in New York, NY
Thelma Appel
Charlie Playing, Arie Singing, 2020
Acrylic on canvas.
Hand signed by the artist on the front; signed, titled and dated by the artist on the back
20 × 16 × 1/2 inches
F...
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2010s Realist Thelma Appel Figurative Paintings
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Canvas, Acrylic
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Find a wide variety of authentic Thelma Appel figurative paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. If you’re browsing the collection of figurative paintings to introduce a pop of color in a neutral corner of your living room or bedroom, you can find work that includes elements of purple and other colors. You can also browse by medium to find art by Thelma Appel in paint, acrylic paint, synthetic resin paint and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 21st century and contemporary and is mostly associated with the contemporary style. Not every interior allows for large Thelma Appel figurative paintings, so small editions measuring 16 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Amanda Besl, Lisa Golightly, and Raymond Bonilla. Thelma Appel figurative paintings prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $2,000 and tops out at $15,000, while the average work can sell for $7,250.