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Thelma Appel Art

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.
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Artist: Thelma Appel
Carpenter Woods, Abstract Screenprint by Thelma Appel
By Thelma Appel
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Thelma Appel, American (1940 - ) Title: Carpenter Woods Year: 1982 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 250, AP 25 Image Size: 22 x 15 inches Size: 29 in...
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1980s Contemporary Thelma Appel Art

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Screen

Thelma Appel French Hill Spring terrific unique signed landscape painting Framed
By Thelma Appel
Located in New York, NY
Thelma Appel French Hill Spring, 2010 Acrylic and Oil on Canvas painting Hand signed and titled on the back Frame included This unique painting is signed, titled and dated on the bac...
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2010s Contemporary Thelma Appel Art

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Three handled Vase with Flowers, unique signed oil painting
By Thelma Appel
Located in New York, NY
Thelma Appel Three handled Vase with Flowers, 2003 Original Oil on canvas painting Hand signed, titled and dated by the artist on the back Frame Inc...
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Early 2000s Realist Thelma Appel Art

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Oil

Nightfall, Acrylic & oil landscape painting, signed, framed, Museum provenance
By Thelma Appel
Located in New York, NY
Thelma Appel Nightfall, 1973 Acrylic and Oil on Canvas. Hand Signed. Framed. Hand signed and titled on the back Unique Frame included Museum Provenance. This work was originally sold...
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1970s Contemporary Thelma Appel Art

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

In Memoriam (American Flag), unique signed acrylic painting in honor of 9/11
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 Frame Included Absolutely stunning signed painting by beloved abstract and representational painter Thelma Appel. This 2002 work was done by the artist to honor those who lost their lives in the 9-11 terrorist attacks, as the artist's studio was in lower Manhattan at the time. A similar work done by Appel from this era was acquired by the Police Museum in lower Manhattan, near Ground Zero. This work is elegantly framed in a handmade brushed aluminum museum frame and is ready to hang. Signed, titled and dated verso. Ms. Appel has been the subject of a 50 year career survey at the Brattleboro Museum in Vermont. Measurements: Frame: 18.78 x 24.3 x 4 inches Artwork: 18 x 24 inches This work will be accompanied by a limited edition catalogue of the artist's museum retrospective, along with the original invitation and separate promotional materials. Thelma Appel biography 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, and she exhibited at the Mattatuck Museum in Connecticut which acquired one of her fabric collages for their permanent collection. Thelma Appel was 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, Market Art & Design and Art New York art fairs and has been exhibited at Alpha 137...
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Early 2000s Realist Thelma Appel Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Waloomsac Wood II, Contemporary Screenprint by Thelma Appel
By Thelma Appel
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Thelma Appel, American (1940 - ) Title: Waloomsac Wood II Year: 1980 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 250, AP 25, HC 10 Image Size: 18 x 29.5 inches ...
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1980s Contemporary Thelma Appel Art

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Screen

Sunset Island, gorgeous oil on canvas landscape painting, signed, double framed
By Thelma Appel
Located in New York, NY
Thelma Appel Sunset Island, 2011 Oil on canvas painting hand signed, titled and dated on the back of the canvas Unique This work was featured in the exhibition "Thelma Appel: Landsca...
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2010s Contemporary Thelma Appel Art

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Canvas, Oil

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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2010s Contemporary Thelma Appel Art

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Canvas, Oil

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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Early 2000s Realist Thelma Appel Art

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Canvas, Oil

The Magician homage to revered sculptor 18 Color silkscreen Signed, official COA
By Thelma Appel
Located in New York, NY
Thelma Appel The Magician, 2018 18 Color Silkscreen on 320 gram Coventry Rag paper with deckled edges; accompanied by artist signed COA Signed twice: Pencil signed, titled and number...
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2010s Contemporary Thelma Appel Art

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Pencil, Screen, Graphite

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 Art

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Pastel

Times Square I exquisite unique acrylic and fabric collage signed painting Frame
By Thelma Appel
Located in New York, NY
Thelma Appel Times Square I, 2014 Acrylic and Fabric Collage Painting on Canvas hand signed, titled and dated on the verso Held in a hand made white wood frame This work was featured...
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2010s Contemporary Thelma Appel Art

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Fabric, Mixed Media, Acrylic

New Seven North, Abstract Landscape by Thelma Appel
By Thelma Appel
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Thelma Appel, American (1940 - ) Title: New Seven North Year: 1980 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 250, AP 25, HC 10 Image Size: 14 x 25 inches Size...
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1980s Contemporary Thelma Appel Art

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Screen

Esther's Second Banquet (Haman's Treachery Revealed), Purim Collage #14
By Thelma Appel
Located in New York, NY
Thelma Appel Esther's Second Banquet (Haman's Treachery Revealed), Purim Collage #14, ca. 2017 Hand made paper collage on paper Hand signed on the front; also is accompanying by handwritten text by the artist and a typed narrative 14 × 17 inches Unique Unframed; This work is held in a matting which opens up This handmade paper collage was exhibited in April, 2018 in the show "Thelma Appel: Landscapes, Cityscapes + Biblical Journeys Exhibition at the Edward & Bernice Wenger Center for the Arts in Greenvale, New York". Curated by art advisor and curator, Susan Seelig. It depicts the second banquet of the Jewish Queen Esther, married to the Persian King...
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2010s Contemporary Thelma Appel Art

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Mixed Media, Handmade Paper, Magazine Paper

International Meeting Plaza, Signed/N 25-color silkscreen, beloved female artist
By Thelma Appel
Located in New York, NY
Thelma Appel Meeting Plaza, 2018 25 Color Silkscreen on 320 Gram Coventry paper with full margins and deckled edges. Accompanied by ARTIST SIGNED, gallery issued Certificate of Authenticity (COA) - hand signed by BOTH the artist and gallery director 23.5" (vertical) x 29.25" (horizontal) Hand signed, titled, annotated & dated on the lower right front - a rare Artists Proof, aside from the limited edition of 75 Unframed This magnificent silkscreen, Meeting Plaza is signed, dated and numbered in graphite pencil on the front from the limited edition of 75. Other examples of this work were exhibited in the 2021 show "New York and No Place Else: Art that Celebrates New York" at the Chashama Foundation, New York, and it was also featured in the invitational exhibition "Women on Paper" in April, 2021 at the Sager Reeves Gallery in Columbia, Missouri. "Meeting Plaza" is a place where people from all over the world are always welcome to meet in peace and enjoyment; an exquisite 25-color limited edition silkscreen done in collaboration with master printer Gary Lichtenstein. The work is evocative of New York's Rockefeller Center and the United Nations, but the flags are abstracted, to emphasize international unity, rather than single out any individual country. The artist explained: "I wanted to convey a city that welcomed all nationalities and all people… The flags for me are a counterpoint to the city’s geometric architecture, and their suggested movement and irregular shapes echo the organic morphology of the people below. I painted an evening sky. It is dusk. Nobody is rushing. People are conversing with each other, walking slowly or gathering in small groups enjoying a calm evening in the New York City…I, too, am one of the people converging at the 'Meeting Plaza' ...” Other examples of "Meeting Plaza" were exhibited in the 2021 show "New York and No Place Else: Art that Celebrates New York" at the Chashama Foundation, New York, and the print was featured in the invitational exhibition "Women on Paper" in April, 2021 at the Sager Reeves Gallery in Columbia, Missouri. Thelma Appel biography 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, and she exhibited at the Mattatuck Museum in Connecticut which acquired one of her fabric collages for their permanent collection. Thelma Appel was 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, Market Art & Design and Art New York art fairs and has been exhibited at Alpha 137...
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2010s Contemporary Thelma Appel Art

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Color, Screen, Pencil

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 Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Llano Prairie, Oil Painting by Thelma Appel
By Thelma Appel
Located in Long Island City, NY
Oil painting by Thelma Appel circa 1975. A landscape of grass fields fill the canvas, gently swaying in the wind. Painted in bright, surreal multicolored tones of yellows, reds, and ...
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1970s Contemporary Thelma Appel Art

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Canvas, Oil

Harwood Hill, Abstract Silkscreen by Thelma Appel
By Thelma Appel
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Thelma Appel, American (1940 - ) Title: Harwood Hill Year: 1981 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 250, AP 25, HC 10 Image Size: 15.5 x 21.5 inches Siz...
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1980s Contemporary Thelma Appel Art

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Screen

Wheat Field
By Thelma Appel
Located in Long Island City, NY
Oil painting by Thelma Appel from 1975. A landscape of grass fields fill the canvas, gently swaying in the wind. Painted in bright, surreal multicolored tones of yellows, reds, and blues. Signed and titled on verso, on shaped canvas. Artist: Thelma Appel, American (1940 - ) Title: Wheat Field...
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1970s Abstract Thelma Appel Art

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Canvas, Oil

Holiday Grove, Abstract Screenprint by Thelma Appel
By Thelma Appel
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Thelma Appel, American (1940 - ) Title: Holiday Grove Year: 1980 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 250, AP 25, HC 10 Image Size: 19 x 26 inches Size: ...
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1980s Contemporary Thelma Appel Art

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Screen

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Find a wide variety of authentic Thelma Appel art available for sale on 1stDibs. If you’re browsing the collection of art 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, fabric 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 art, so small editions measuring 16 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Jeffrey Vaughn, Ellen Bradshaw, and Lisa Golightly. Thelma Appel art prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $480 and tops out at $19,500, while the average work can sell for $7,000.

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