Selected bibliography
| Year | Author | Title | Source Sort descending | Details | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Alvard, Julien & Claus, Hugo & Dotremont, Christian & Looten, Emmanuel & Lupasco, Stéphane & Read, Herbert & Sandberg, Willem & Tapié, Michel | Karel Appel Reliefs 1966-1968 | with texts by Julien Alvard, Hugo Claus (reprint from 1965), Christian Dotremont (reprint from 1957), Emmanuel Looten (reprint from 1956), Stéphane Lupasco (reprint from 1961), Herbert Read (reprint from 1957), Willem Sandberg (reprint from 1962), Michel Tapié (reprint from 1953), exh. cat. Centre National d'Art Contemporain Paris, 1968 & Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam & Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels |
Catalogue | |
| 2003 | Obrist, Hans Ulrich | Taken from a previously unpublished conversation with Karel Appel | Biennale di Ceramica nell’ arte contemporanea, Attese, Milan, 2003, pp. 43-45 | Article | |
| 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 |
Catalogue | |
| 1979 | Towarnicki, Frédéric de | Street Art, chapter 1 & 2 | (interview), 1979 (unpublished) | Miscellanious | |
| 1956 | Looten, Emmanuel | Karel Appel: Portraits | exh. cat. Galerie Rive Droite, Paris, 1956 |
Catalogue | |
| 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 |
Catalogue | |
| 1979 | Towarnicki, Frédéric de | On painting | (interview), 1979 (unpublished) | Miscellanious | |
| 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 |
Monograph | |
| 1956 | Doelman, Cornelis & Sandberg, Willem | K. Appel: Dipinti e ceramiche | with texts by Cornelis Doelman (excerpt from 1954), Willem Sandberg, exh. cat. Galleria dell'Ariete, Milan, 1956 |
Catalogue | |
| 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 |
Catalogue | |
| 1979 | Towarnicki, Frédéric de | Aux Etats-Unis 1977-79 | (interview), 1979 (unpublished) | Miscellanious | |
| 1986 | Hunter, Sam | Karel Appel: Recent Paintings | exh. cat. Marisa del Re Gallery, New York, 1986 |
Catalogue | |
| 1980 | Frankenstein, Alfred | Karel Appel | with texts by Alfred Frankenstein, Willem Sandberg (reprint from 1974) and interview by Frédéric de Towarnicki (reprint from 1977), Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1980. Co-published by Meulenhoff/Landshoff, Amsterdam, 1980 |
Monograph | |
| 1988 | Hunter, Sam | Karel Appel In the Spirit of our Time | Arts Magazine | (January 1988)(reprint from 1986) | Article |
| 1983 | Mulder, Jouke | Karel Appel: Mijn laatste werk heeft meer met de mens te maken | Elseviers Magazine | (interview) year 39, # 24, June 18, 1983 | Article |
| 1991 | Barten, Walter | Verftube als raket | Financieel Dagblad | January 14, 1991 | Article |
| 2015 | Crochet, Alexander | Karel Appel s’effeuille au Centre Pompidou | Le Quotidien de l’Art | (review), # 930, October 27, 2015 | Article |
| 1984 | Dypreau, Jean | Karel Appel ou le bel aujourd'hui | +/o | year XI, # 40 (June 1984), p. 13 |
Article |
| 1986 | Ragon, Michel | Le A de COBRA = Appel, Constant, Corneille | 25 Ans d'Art Vivant | Éditions Galilée, Paris, series «Ecritures-Figures», 1986, pp. 128-130 | Article |
| 1991 | Bufill, Juan | La realidad de Karel Appel | ABC | October 24, 1991 | Article |
| 1970 | Meyere, Jos A. L. de & Vinkenoog, Simon | Appel’s Oogappels | Appel’s Oogappels | (reprint from 1963), exh. cat. Centraal Museum, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 1970 |
Catalogue |
| 1987 | Ratcliff, Carter | Artist's Dialogue: Karel Appel -Optimism and Apocalypse- | Architectural Digest | (April 1987), p. 44 | Article |
| 1958 | Burrey, Suzanne | Karel Appel. Dutch Muralist | Architectural Record | vol. 123 (January 1958) | Article |
| 1986 | Martin, Rupert | Apocalypse Now. Appel in the eighties | Arnolfini Preview | # 6 (October 1986), pp. 4-5 | Article |
| 1994 | Hoogendijk, Ferry | Karel Appel: 'Ik heb Van Gogh in Mondriaan ontdekt' | Art and Value | (interview) year 2, # 2 (summer 1994) | Article |
| 2001 | Schweighöfer, Kerstin | Der Maler, der die Leinwand stürmte | ART das Kunstmagazin | # 4 (April 2001) | 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 |
| 1985 | Kuspit, Donald | Atomic Weather: Karel Appel | Art in America | # 4 (April 1985), pp. 160-163 | Article |
| 1958 | Alloway, Lawrence | London Exhibitions | Art International | vol. 2, # 8 (November 1958) | Article |
| 1963 | Staber, Margrit | Die «Nudes» von Karel Appel | Art International | VII, # 8, October 25, 1963, pp. 88-89 | Article |
| 1960 | Alvard, Julien | De l'anarchie considérée comme un des beaux arts | Art International | vol. 4, # 6, 1960 | Article |
| 1989 | Lamarque-Mouzon, Mary Lou | Karel Appel, le vertige du noir | Art Thèmes | (interview)(October - November 1989), p. 15 | Article |
| 1984 | Lamarque-Mouzon, Mary-Lou | Karel Appel, Une certaine liberté de propos | Art Thèmes | (interview) 1984, pp. 14-15 | Article |
| 1987 | Lamarque-Mouzon, Mary-Lou | La 'saisie' Karel Appel | Art Thèmes | (June - July 1987), p. 11 | Article |
| 1987 | Caprile, Luciano | I Maestri di oggi | Arte | # 175 (June 1987) | Article |
| 1994 | Caprile, Luciano | Il Bello e la Bestia | Arte | (winter 1994) | Article |
| 2014 | Kitnick, Alex | Karel Appel. Blum & Poe | Artforum | vol. 53, # 3 (November 2014), pp. 275-276 | Article |
| 1991 | Kuspit, Donald | Karel Appel at the Gemeentemuseum | Artforum International | (review) (March 1991), p. 145 | Article |
| 1993 | Kuspit, Donald | Karel Appel at André Emmerich Gallery | Artforum International | (review) # 6 (February 1993), p. 96 | Article |
| 1993 | Dannatt, Adrian | Karel Appel at André Emmerich Gallery | ARTnews | (review), vol. 92, # 3 (March 1993) | Article |
| 2000 | Turner, Jonathan | Karel Appel: Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam | ARTnews | (review) (November 2000), p. 218 | Article |
| 1963 | Ragon, Michel | J'ai pris un modèle pour me liberer de l'abstraction | Arts | # 918 (May – June 1963) | Article |
| 1983 | Ashton, Dore | Affirmation and Apocalypse in Karel Appel's Recent Paintings | Arts Magazine | # 8 (April 1983) pp. 68-69 | Article |
| 1968 | Ashton, Dore | Cobra in Context | Arts magazine | (February 1968), pp. 106-109 |
Article |
| 1984 | Jamie, Rasaad | Appel Now | Artscribe | (interview), # 45 (February - April 1984), pp. 41-47 | Article |
| 1990 | Lyotard, Jean-François | Sans Appel | Artstudio | (reprint from 1989), # 18 (autumn 1990) | Article |
| 1988 | Krebs, Patrick | Les yeux grands ouverts de Karel Appel | Artstudio | # 9 (summer 1988), pp. 112-121 | Article |
| 1995 | Pentz, Mimi | Karel Appel Sculpture | Artvoice | vol. 6, issue 2, January 18-31, 1995 | Article |
| 1987 | Restany, Pierre | Karel Appel, le CoBrA collecteur | Beaux Arts Magazine | # 47 (June 1987), pp. 56-61 | Article |
| 2002 | Schumacher, Rogier | Karel Appel, z.t., 1970 | Beelden in Rotterdam | Uitgeverij 010, Rotterdam, 2002, pp. 124-125 |
Article |