1945, Karel Appel, Signs in Red -- Phillips Collection (Washington)

From the museum label: For Appel, "The hardest part is to start a painting; after that, it's easy. You have to choose the color. It's very important to start with red." It was Matisse who led Appel to the color red. Similarly, Sylvia Snowden draws inspiration from the color red. She said, "I make use of a lot of red. Red is for me, you know—life."

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