Selected bibliography
| Year | Author | Title | Source Sort descending | Details | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Meijer, Ischa & Towarnicki, Frédéric de | Karel Appel: New Yorker Bilder 1984–1985 | with texts by Ischa Meijer (excerpt of interview from 1984) and Frédéric de Towarnicki (excerpt of interview from 1977), exh. cat. Galerie Rudolf Zwirner, Cologne, 1985 |
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| 2009 | Kuspit, Donald | Titanic Power: Karel Appel in the Tradition of the New | April 2009 (unpublished) | Miscellanious | |
| 1965 | Dotremont, Christian & Lucebert & Read, Herbert & Schierbeek, Bert & Ting, Walasse & Vinkenoog, Simon | Appel | with texts by Christian Dotremont, Lucebert (including reprint from 1950), Herbert Read (excerpt from 1957), Bert Schierbeek, Walasse Ting, Simon Vinkenoog, exh. cat. Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam & Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 1965 & Städtische Kunstgalerie, Bochum, Germany & Charlottenborg, Copenhagen & Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen, Germany & Moderna Museet, Stockholm |
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| 1998 | Stoullig, Claire | Appel: Natural Phenomenon | exh. cat. Galerie Lelong, Paris, 1998 |
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| 2008 | McCormick, Carlo | Karel Appel Reconsidered | Paperback, issue 2, 2008, p. 87-89 | Article | |
| 1982 | Esteban, Claude | Appel et Alechinsky. Encres à deux pinceaux, peintures, etc. | with explanation by Pierre Alechinsky, foreword by Christian Dotremont (reprint from 1978), exh. cat. Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France, 1982 |
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| 2021 | Seligmann, Nadine | Mangeur d'annonces: Between a Reveling in Materials and Painting | Karel Appel. Collages 1957-1968, published by Jahn und Jahn, Munich |
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| 1960 | Looten, Emmanuel | Karel Appel | exh. cat. Galerie Rive Droite, Paris, 1960 |
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| 1977 | Jespersen, Gunnar | Karel Appel, Cobra | Gyldendal, Copenhagen, 1974, pp. 129-132 | Article | |
| 2002 | Bandini, Mireille | Situationism. The Situationist Utopia | in Achille Bonito Oliva, Art Tribes, Skira, Milan, 2002 | Article | |
| 2010 | Karel Appel: Paintings from five decades | with text by Karel Appel (reprint from 1977), exh. cat. Galerie Ulysses, Vienna, 2010 | Catalogue | ||
| 1998 | Bonito Oliva, Achille | Karel Appel | exh. cat. Atelier del Bosco di Villa Medici, Rome, 1998 |
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| 1982 | Josephus-Jitta, Mariette | Karel Appel: Werk op papier 1941 – 1981, tekeningen, aquarellen, gouaches | with text by Mariette Josephus-Jitta, exh. cat. Gemeente Museum Den Haag, The Hague, 1982 & Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, Germany & Städtische Galerie, Erlangen, Germany & Fries Museum, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands & Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm & Musee des Augustins, Toulouse & Kunstforeningen, Copenhagen & Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo |
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| 1960 | Sawyer, Kenneth B. | Karel Appel: Paintings 1955–1960 and Recent Gouaches | exh. cat. Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, 1960 |
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| 1985 | Flomenhaft, Eleanor | Karel Appel | The Roots and Developments of Cobra Art, Fine Arts Museum of Long Island, Hempstead, 1985, pp. 73-91 | Article | |
| 1965 | Geirlandt, Karel | Karel Appel: Vliegende Man, 1958 | Openbaar kunstbezit Vlaanderen, 1965 | Article | |
| 1982 | Béraud, Gilles & Besson, Christian & Dotremont, Christian & Lecombre, Sylvain | CoBrA, 1948-1951 | exh. cat. Museé d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris & Maison de la Culture, Chalon-sur-Saône, France & Museé des Beaux-Arts, Rennes, France |
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| 2021 | Kaiser, Franz-W. | Polaroid Series | exh. cat. Karel Appel: Life-Size and larger, Eenwerk Gallery, Amsterdam, 2021 |
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| 1960 | Neuburg, Hans & Ragon, Michel | Karel Appel | with texts by Hans Neuburg (preprint from 1959), Michel Ragon (reprint from 1958), exh. cat. Galleria Lorenzelli, Bergamo, Italy, 1960 |
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| 2002 | Fuchs, Rudi | Tussen kunstenaars. Een romance | (includes reprints from 1990 and 1996), De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam, 2002 | Miscellanious | |
| 1954 | Doelman, Cornelis | Olanda | exh. cat. Biennale di Venezia XXVII, 1954 |
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| 2021 | Fuchs, Rudi | By Karel Appel, a Work in Fragments | exh. cat. Karel Appel: Life-Size and larger, Eenwerk Gallery, Amsterdam, 2021 |
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| 1978 | Wingen, Ed | Dreissig Jahre Karel Appel | with text by Ed Wingen (reprint from 1977), exh. cat. Saarland Museum, Saarbrücken, Germany, 1978 & Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn & Kunsthalle, Wilhelmshaven, Germany |
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| 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 | |
| 1986 | Dotremont, Christian | De kleurige onbekende | with poems by Karel Appel and text by Christian Dotremont (excerpt of letter from 1967), De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam, 1986 |
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| 1954 | Tapié, Michel | Appel | exh. cat. Studio Paul Fachetti, Paris, 1954 |
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| 2019 | Frishert, Gerard | Monument Woudestein, cultuurhistorische verkenning, deel 7, keramisch tegeltableau City People van Karel Appel |
Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam / FRISHERT CEAC CREATIES, 2019 |
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| 1978 | Dypreau, Jean | Karel Appel. Peintures et sculptures | exh. cat. Fondation Chateau de Jau, Cases-de-Pène, France, 1978 |
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| 1986 | Hunter, Sam | Karel Appel: Recent Paintings | exh. cat. Marisa del Re Gallery, New York, 1986 |
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| 2010 | Volpato, Elena | Karel Appel | Ten Years and Beyond. The Collection of the Fondazione per l'Arte Moderne e Contemporanea - CRT for Turin and Piedmont, Archive Books, Berlin, 2010, pp. 110-111 | Article | |
| 1954 | Tapié, Michel | Karel Appel: First American Exhibition | with text by Michel Tapié (reprint from exh. cat. Studio Paul Fachetti, 1954), exh. cat. Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, 1954 |
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| 2021 | Kaiser, Franz-W. | Karel Appel: Rencontre au Printemps | collection cat. UNESCO, Art Collection, selected works/ UNESCO, Collection d’Art, Sélection d’oeuvres, UNESCO, Paris, 2021, pp. 283-284 |
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| 2004 | Fuchs, Rudi & Lambrecht, Luk | Karel Appel. Onderweg. Reis van Rudi Fuchs langs de kunst der lage landen | exh. cat. Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 2004 |
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| 1986 | Beeren, Wim & Hunter, Sam | Recent Paintings and Sculpture; Clouds, Windmill, Nudes and Other Mythologies | with texts by Wim Beeren, Sam Hunter (reworked text from exh. cat. Marisa del Re, 1986), exh. cat. Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 1986 |
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| 2011 | Hartog Jager, Hans den & Kuspit, Donald | Karel Appel & Van Gogh | with introduction by Rebecca Nelemans, exh. cat. Vincent van Gogh Huis, Zundert, The Netherlands, 2011 |
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| 1967 | Sandberg, Willem | Karel Appel | with text by Willem Sandberg (excerpt from 1961), exh. cat. Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, 1967 |
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| 1983 | Vree, Freddy de | Karel Appel | Kunstpocket # 16, Kunstforum, Schelderode, Belgium, 1983 | Monograph | |
| 2021 | Kaiser, Franz-W. | Karel Appel. Eternal Space of Being | exh. leaflet Karel Appel. Eternal Space of Being, Galerie Lelong & Co., Paris, 2021 |
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| 1961 | Lucebert | Karel Appel | with text by Lucebert (first publication of text from 1950 and excerpt of poem from 1960), exh. cat. Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands & Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, 1961 | Catalogue | |
| 1978 | Appel & Alechinsky. Encres a deux pinceaux | with foreword by Christian Dotremont and poems by Hugo Claus, Yves Rivière, Paris, 1978. Co-published as Zwart, Landshoff, Bentveld-Aerdenhout, 1978 and as Appel & Alechinsky. Two-brush paintings, Yves Rivière, Paris, 1980 | Miscellanious | ||
| 1986 | Martin, Rupert & Verdet, André | Karel Appel: paintings 1980-85 | with foreword by Alan Bowness and texts by Rupert Martin, André Verdet (reprint of interview from 1985), exh. cat. Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol, 1986 & Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin |
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| 2011 | Fineberg, Jonathan | Klee and Cobra – A Child’s Play | with texts by Jonathan Fineberg et al., exh. cat. Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, 2011 |
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| 1967 | Dotremont, Christian | Lettre à Karel Appel, le 10 mars, 1967 | 1967 (unpublished) | Miscellanious | |
| 1999 | Fuchs, Rudi & Gachnang, Johannes & Kuspit, Donald | Karel Appel: Psychopathological Notebook | Verlag Gachnang & Springer, Bern/Berlin, 1999 |
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| 2022 | Kaiser, Franz-W. | [Untitled] | exh. cat. Karel Appel. Het nieuwe werk / The New Work, Christian Ouwens Galerie, Rotterdam, 2022 |
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| 1961 | Sandberg, Willem | Karel Appel: West Coast Exhibiton | exh. cat. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1961 |
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| 1978 | Fuchs, Rudi | Dutch Painting | Thames and Hudson Ltd, London, 1978, pp. 193, 195 | Miscellanious | |
| 1991 | Lahusen, Margarita | Karel Appel, Portrait Emmanuel Looten 1956 | Kleine Werkmonographie 78, Städelsches Kunstinstitut und Städtische Galerie, Frankfurt am Main, 1991 | Article | |
| 2011 | Kaiser, Franz-W. & Wijnia, Lieke | Parijs. Stad van de moderne kunst | exh. cat. Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, 2011 |
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| 1955 | Tapié, Michel | Karel Appel | with poems by Emmanuel Looten, Hugo Claus, exh. cat. Galerie Rive Droite, Paris & Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam 1955 |
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