Selected bibliography
| Year | Author | Title | Source | Details | Type Sort descending |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Kunstmann, Francoise | Entretien avec Karel Appel | Info Artitudes | (interview), # 19 (June 1977), p. 12 |
Article |
| 2008 | Wijnberg, Louise | Watergevoelige olieverfschilderijen: werkwijze van Jasper Johns en Karel Appel | kM: materiaaltechnische informatie over beeldende kunst | # 66, 2008 |
Article |
| 1953 | Claus, Hugo | Ontmoeting met Karel Appel | Het Laatste Nieuws | (interview), Het Laatste Nieuws, November 4, 1953 | Article |
| 1965 | Claus, Hugo | Mélancolie et Fureur d'Appel | XXième Siècle | # 25 (June 1965), pp. 105-106 |
Article |
| 1987 | Verhofstad, Juliette | Appelbar, 1951 | Op het tweede gezicht | a bulletin published by the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, March 1987, pp. 203-206 | Article |
| 1995 | Honnef, Klaus | Eine Welt ohne Zwang | Künstler, Kritisches Lexikon der Gegenwartskunst | series «Künstlermonografien» vol. 32, # 26, 1995/4, Verlage Weltkunst und Bruckmann, Munich, 1995 | Article |
| 2002 | Schumacher, Rogier | Karel Appel, z.t., 1970 | Beelden in Rotterdam | Uitgeverij 010, Rotterdam, 2002, pp. 124-125 |
Article |
| 1977 | Towarnicki, Frédéric de | Appel, l'Anti-Robot | Connaissance des Arts | (interview), Paris, 1977 |
Article |
| 2012 | Giersbergen, Wilma van | Kunstonderwijs en studenten: 1945-1998 | Rotterdamse meesters. Twee eeuwen kunstacademie in Rotterdam 1773 – 1998, Primavera Pers, Leiden, 2012, pp. 185-200 | Article | |
| 1998 | Gachnang, Johannes | Karel Appel a villa Medici | Carte d'Arte Internazionale | Gachnang, Johannes, et al (winter 1998/99) |
Article |
| 1953 | Fitzsimmons, James | New York: A Glittering Constellation. Introducing 33 Younger European Painters | ART Digest | December 1, 1953, pp. 7-8; 25-26 |
Article |
| 1965 | Geirlandt, Karel | Karel Appel: Vliegende Man, 1958 | Openbaar kunstbezit Vlaanderen, 1965 | Article | |
| 1995 | Houts, Cathérine van | Karel Appel maakt van Zauberflöte vooral een visuele opera | Het Parool | November 15, 1995 | Article |
| 1960 | Alvard, Julien | De l'anarchie considérée comme un des beaux arts | Art International | vol. 4, # 6, 1960 | Article |
| 1991 | Barten, Walter | Verftube als raket | Financieel Dagblad | January 14, 1991 | Article |
| 1998 | Göttler, Fritz | Die Natur, durch die Farbe vollendet. Wie Jean-François Lyotard von Karel Appels Bildern an die Grenzen der Philosophie geführt wurde | Beilage der Süddeutschen Zeitung | # 284, December 9, 1998 | Article |
| 1965 | Hoffmann, Edith | Karel Appel at Amsterdam | The Burlington Magazine | vol. 107, # 750 (September 1965), pp. 484-482 | Article |
| 1995 | Hughes, Robert | Rising from the Ruins | Time | June 26, 1995 | Article |
| 2003 | Obrist, Hans Ulrich | Taken from a previously unpublished conversation with Karel Appel | Biennale di Ceramica nell’ arte contemporanea, Attese, Milan, 2003, pp. 43-45 | Article | |
| 1960 | Lucebert | Drift op Zolder en Vragende Kinderen | Museumjournaal | (poem), series 5, # 10 (May 1960) | Article |
| 1991 | Blom, Ansuya | Einfach Kompliziert | Kunst- en Museumjournaal | # 5 (February 1991) | Article |
| 2013 | Lehmann-Brockhaus, Ursula | Karel Appel | Incontro internazionale della ceramica, Albisola, Sommer 1954. Appel, Baj, Corneille, Dangelo, Jorn, Matta in der Werkstatt Mazzotti Giuseppe, Campisano Editore, Rome, 2013, pp. 21-45; 171-180 | Article | |
| 1998 | Houts, Cathérine van | Karel Appel groet de gekken | Het Parool | November 21, 1998 | Article |
| 1965 | Hoffmann, Hans | Appelboom in Vondelpark | Panorama | year 52, # 14, April 3, 1965, pp. 34-5 | Article |
| 1995 | Huntington, Richard | Found and Fury | The Buffalo News | January 13, 1995 | Article |
| 2003 | Wijnberg, Louise | Plafondbetengeling wordt museumstuk: Femme, Enfants, Animaux van Karel Appel | kM: materiaaltechnische informatie over beeldende kunst | # 47 (autumn 2003), pp. 49-51 |
Article |
| 1960 | Onnen, Frank | Karel Appel. Levensloop en œuvre | Elsevier | July 23, 1960 | Article |
| 1978 | Lambert, Jean-Clarence | Appel, la voie de la main gauche | Colóquio, revista trimestrial | #36, 2nd series, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (March 1978), pp. 16-23 | Article |
| 1991 | Bode, Ursula | Eine Substanz die Wärme transportiert | Süddeutsche Zeitung | # 167, July 22, 1991 | Article |
| 1998 | Maruyama, Eiko | The World of Karel Appel | The Japanese journal | De Regio Publishers, Amsterdam (April - June 1998) | Article |
| 1965 | Lampe, George | Koloriet in beweging: Appel en het bedreigde paradijs | Vrij Nederland | July 31, 1965 | Article |
| 1988 | Armengaud, Françoise | Entretien avec Karel Appel | Titres | (interview), Edition Meridiens Klincksieck, Paris, series «Esthétique», 1988, pp. 143-157 | Article |
| 1995 | Huntington, Richard | A Jolly Sort of Gloom at the Anderson | The Buffalo News | January 15, 1995 | Article |
| 1985 | Dank, Ralf | Aus dem Chaos wächst das Bild | Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger | (interview), # 229/20, October 3, 1985, p. 20 | Article |
| 1991 | Borras, Maria Lluïsa | La pintura como grito de pasión | La Vanguardia | October 8, 1991 | Article |
| 2014 | Kitnick, Alex | Karel Appel. Blum & Poe | Artforum | vol. 53, # 3 (November 2014), pp. 275-276 | Article |
| 1992 | Cotter, Holland | Karel Appel | New York Times | review, December 25, 1992 | Article |
| 1998 | Vagheggi, Paolo | Tutti i nemici del CoBrA | La Repubblica | (interview), December 7, 1998 | Article |
| 1954 | Alvard, Julien | Vous êtes libres | Cimaise | series 1, # 8 (July - August 1954) |
Article |
| 1988 | Cabanne, Pierre | Karel Appel. Haute tension | Elle | # 2238, November 28, 1988 | Article |
| 1995 | Jansen, Kasper | Prachtige Zauberflöte van Appel en Audi | NRC Handelsblad | December 2, 1995 | Article |
| 2004 | Braet, Jan | Het paradijs is nu | Knack | (interview with Rudi Fuchs and Karel Appel), # 41, October 6, 2004, pp. 124–128 |
Article |
| 1985 | Flomenhaft, Eleanor | Karel Appel | The Roots and Developments of Cobra Art, Fine Arts Museum of Long Island, Hempstead, 1985, pp. 73-91 | Article | |
| 1991 | Bufill, Juan | La realidad de Karel Appel | ABC | October 24, 1991 | Article |
| 1992 | Erkel, Ronald van | The Intuitive Logistics of Karel Appel | Nedlloyd World | (autumn 1992), pp. 28-31 | Article |
| 1954 | Tapié, Michel | Devenir d’un art autre | United States Lines | Paris Review (June 1954) | Article |
| 1989 | Hahn, Otto | Peinture à la tronçonneuse | L'Express | # 1952, December 2-8, 1988 | Article |
| 1995 | Kimmelman, Michael | Rethinking Postwar Pigeonholes for Art | The New York Times | July 7, 1995 | Article |
| 2004 | Camps, Hugo | Hugo Camps in gesprek met schilder Karel Appel | Elsevier | (interview), # 44, October 30, 2004, pp. 42-44 | Article |
| 1985 | Kuspit, Donald | Atomic Weather: Karel Appel | Art in America | # 4 (April 1985), pp. 160-163 | Article |