Charles P. Appel was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1857. Appel is known for romantic landscapes and marine paintings in Tonalist and Impressionistic styles.

Appel studied at the New York School of Art with Francis Luis Mora and William Merritt Chase and later with Frank Vincent DuMond at The Art Students League. The major influence on his career, however, was George Inness.

Most of his life was spent in East Orange, New Jersey from where he was active in New York art circles and was elected a member of the Salmagundi Club in 1906.

He studied at the New York School of Art, New York City, with Francis Luis Mora and William Merritt Chase, and at The Art Students League, New York City, with Frank Vincent DuMond. He became a member of the Salmagundi Club, New York City, 1906.

Museums:
L.A. County Museum of Art, California
Montclair Art Museum, New Jersey.
Publications:
Who Was Who in American Art 1564-1975, Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) 3 Vols
Master Pieces The Art History of Jigsaw Puzzles, McCann, Chris
Annual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design 1901-1950, Falk, Peter Hastings
Annual Exhibition Record, 1876-1913, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Falk, Peter Hastings
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary American Painters, Sculptors, Engravers, Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
Who Was Who in American Art Artists Active 1898-1947, Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
The Society of Independent Artists Exhibition Record 1917-1944, Marlor, Clark S
Tonalism: An American Experience, Gerdts, William H (others)
The American Painting Collection of the Montclair Art Museum, Montclair Art Museum
American Art in the Barbizon Mood, Bermingham, Peter
Index of Artists International Biographical, Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge (2 Vols)

Biography courtesy of Roughton Galleries, www.antiquesandfineart.com/roughton