Selected bibliography
| Year | Author | Title | Source | Details | Type Sort ascending |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Kuspit, Donald | Karel Appel's Significance in the History of Expressionism | (lecture for the exhibition If I Were a Bird, Gemeente Museum Den Haag, The Hague), 1990 (unpublished) | Miscellanious | |
| 1981 | Towarnicki, Frederic de | Fenêtres | (interview), 1981 (unpublished) | Miscellanious | |
| 2002 | Fuchs, Rudi | Tussen kunstenaars. Een romance | (includes reprints from 1990 and 1996), De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam, 2002 | Miscellanious | |
| 1948 | Lucebert | Dagwerk van Dionysos, voor Karel Appel | Poem | 1948 (unpublished) |
Miscellanious |
| 1948 | Troelstra, Jelle | Over Schilderkunst | radio broadcast for VARA, Hilversum | Artistieke Staalkaart, March 12, 1949 |
Miscellanious |
| 2008 | Kaiser, Franz-W. | Karel Appel – tekenaar | August 2008 (unpublished) | Miscellanious | |
| 2004 | Kuspit, Donald | Karel Appel: Mad Artist | (lecture at the Dutch Embassy in Washington), April 27, 2004 (unpublished) | Miscellanious | |
| 2008 | Stokvis, Willemijn | Cobra 1948 - 1951. Terug naar de bronnen van kunst en leven | Waanders, Zwolle, 2008 | Miscellanious | |
| 1995 | Fuchs, Rudi | Interview with Karel Appel | (radio broadcast for VPRO “De Avonden”), February 23, 1995 | Miscellanious | |
| 2004 | Roodenburg-Schadd, Caroline | Expressie en ordening. Het verzamelbeleid van Willem Sandberg voor het Stedelijk Museum 1945-1962 | NAi Uitgevers, Rotterdam, 2004 | Miscellanious | |
| 1952 | Tapié, Michel | Un Art Autre | Gabriel-Giraud et Fils | Paris, 1952 |
Miscellanious |
| 2009 | Kuspit, Donald | Titanic Power: Karel Appel in the Tradition of the New | April 2009 (unpublished) | Miscellanious | |
| 1983 | Lambert, Jean-Clarence | Cobra | Ste Nlle des Editions du Chêne, Paris and Fonds Mercator, Antwerp, 1983. Co-published by Abbeville Press, Inc, New York, 1983 |
Miscellanious | |
| 1984 | Geirlandt, Karel & Vree, Freddy de | Karel Appel: Recent werk / oeuvres récentes / 1980–1983 | with texts by Karel Geirlandt, Freddy de Vree (excerpt from 1983), exh. cat. Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 1984 |
Catalogue | |
| 1960 | Sawyer, Kenneth B. | Karel Appel: Paintings 1955–1960 and Recent Gouaches | exh. cat. Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, 1960 |
Catalogue | |
| 1996 | Baum, Peter & Kaiser, Franz-W. | Karel Appel. Gemälde, Gouachen, Zeichnungen 1950-1965 | with texts by Peter Baum, Franz-W. Kaiser (transcript of speech from 1994), exh. cat. BAWAG Foundation, Vienna, 1996 |
Catalogue | |
| 2006 | Sailer, John | Karel Appel: Last Paintings | exh. cat Galerie Ulysses, Vienna, 2006 |
Catalogue | |
| 1987 | Beeren, Wim & Claus, Hugo & Hunter, Sam & Martin, Rupert | Karel Appel Dipinti, Sculpture e Collagi | with foreword by Rudi Fuchs, texts by Wim Beeren (reprint from 1982), Hugo Claus (reprint from 1962), Sam Hunter (reprint from 1986), Rupert Martin (reprint from exh. cat. Arnolfini Gallery, 1986), exh. cat. Castello di Rivoli, Turin, 1987 |
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| 1984 | Jónsdóttir, Selma & Meijer, Ischa | Karel Appel | with texts by Selma Jónsdóttir, Ischa Meijer (reprint from April 1984), Listasafn, Reykjavik, Iceland, 1984 |
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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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| 1987 | Kuspit, Donald | Karel Appel: Recent Paintings and Sculpture | exh. cat. Marisa del Re Gallery, New York, 1987 |
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| 1992 | Wilson, Sarah | Parallel Visions. Modern Artists and Outsider Art | with texts by Sarah Wilson et al., exh. cat. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1992 & Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid & Kunsthalle Basel & Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo |
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| 2001 | Ragon, Michel | Karel Appel: Sag zum Abschied leise Servus | exh. cat. Galerie Lelong, Paris, 2001 |
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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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| 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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| 1954 | Doelman, Cornelis | Olanda | exh. cat. Biennale di Venezia XXVII, 1954 |
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| 2001 | Kaiser, Franz-W. | Karel Appel: Beelden 1936–2000 | with text by Franz-W. Kaiser (excerpt from 1998), exh. cat. Cobra Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Amstelveen, The Netherlands |
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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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| 1990 | Appel, Karel & Claus, Hugo & Fuchs, Rudi & Hunter, Sam & Lucebert & Kaiser, Franz-W. | Ik wou dat Ik een Vogel was (If I were a bird) | with texts by Karel Appel (reprint from 1971), Hugo Claus (reprint from 1962), Rudi Fuchs, Sam Hunter (reprint from 1986), Lucebert (reprints from 1960 and 1965), Franz-W. Kaiser, exh. cat. Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, 1990 & Josef Haubrich Kunsthalle, Cologne & Fundació Juan Miró, Barcelona |
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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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| 1954 | Tapié, Michel | Appel | exh. cat. Studio Paul Fachetti, Paris, 1954 |
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| 2001 | Fuchs, Rudi & Gachnang, Johannes | Karel Appel, Pastorale Chiaroscuro | with texts by Rudi Fuchs (reworked text from 1995), Johannes Gachnang and letter by Jean Frémon, exh. cat. Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 2001 |
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| 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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| 2001 | Hofland, H. J. A. & Josephus-Jitta, Mariette & Kaiser, Franz-W. | Karel Appel: Werk op papier | with foreword by Wim van Krimpen and texts by H. J. A. Hofland, Mariette Josephus-Jitta (reworked text from 1982), Franz-W. Kaiser, exh. cat. Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, 2001 |
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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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| 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 | |
| 1997 | Appel, Karel & McCormick, Carlo | Karel Appel: Unintended Monuments | with texts by Karel Appel and Carlo McCormick (reprint from 1990), exh. cat. Galerie Lelong, Zürich, 1997 |
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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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| 2001 | Steininger, Florian | Karel Appel: Der Machtwille der Planeten | exh. cat. Galerie Ulysses, Vienna, 2001 |
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| 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 | Sandberg, Willem | Karel Appel: West Coast Exhibiton | exh. cat. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1961 |
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| 2007 | Kaiser, Franz-W. | Appels Akte | exh. cat. Karel Appel. Monumentale Zeichnungen, Albertina Museum, Vienna, 2007, with foreword by Klaus Albrecht Schröder; translated from German to English by Andrew Boreham, September 2021 as “Appel’s Nudes” |
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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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| 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 | Boudaille, George | K. Appel | with text by George Boudaille (reprint from Cimaise, 1961), exh. cat. Galleria dell 'Ariete, Milan, 1961 |
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| 1979 | The Graphic Art of Karel Appel: Art Gallery of Hamilton Collection | with introduction by Glen E. Cumming, exh. cat. Art Gallery of York University, Toronto, Ontario, 1979 | Catalogue | ||
| 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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| 1995 | Karel Appel: Sculpture | with introduction by David Anderson and Reine Hauser, exh. cat. Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, 1995 | Catalogue |