Selected bibliography
| Year | Author | Title | Source | Details | Type Sort descending |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Hurlburt, Roger | A Bite of the Appel | News/Sun-Sentinel | September 28, 1986 | Article |
| 1991 | Lahusen, Margarita | Karel Appel, Portrait Emmanuel Looten 1956 | Kleine Werkmonographie 78, Städelsches Kunstinstitut und Städtische Galerie, Frankfurt am Main, 1991 | Article | |
| 1964 | Citroen, Paul | Appel or Citroen | Delta. A Review of Arts Life and Thought in the Netherlands | # 1 (spring 1964), pp. 13-23 |
Article |
| 1994 | Klaster, Jan Bart | Kippen, koeien en dansers | Het Parool | October 3, 1994 | Article |
| 1983 | Dagen, Philippe | Karel Appel | Le Gustidien de Paris | (review), # 1268, December 22, 1983 |
Article |
| 1988 | Vrijman, Jan | De vrijheidsschreeuw van Cobra en de behangselcultuur van nu | Het Parool | November 9, 1988 | Article |
| 2008 | Zwagerman, Joost | Karel Appel | 50 Nudes: een privé collectie onthuld, Veenmann Publishers, Rotterdam, 2008, pp. 112-117 | Article | |
| 1996 | Vagheggi, Paolo | Il mio colore è tutto un jazz | La Repubblica | May 27, 1996 | Article |
| 2006 | Imanse, Geurt | Karel Appel | Stedelijk Museum Bulletin | # 3, 2006 | 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 | Lambert, Jean-Clarence | La voie de la main gauche | Le règne Imaginal, part 1 and 2. Éditions Cercle d'Art, Paris, series «Diagonales», 1991, pp. 115-140 (reprint from 1978) | Article | |
| 1986 | Raynor, Vivien | Karel Appel paintings on show | New York Times | March 28, 1986 | Article |
| 1991 | Medina, Raquel | Retrospectiva de Karel Appel en la Fundació Miró | Diario de Tarragona | October 31, 1991 | Article |
| 1964 | Lévêque, Jean-Jacques | Venise 1963: actualité de Cobra | XXe Siecle | year 26, # 23 (May 1964) |
Article |
| 1994 | Melikian, Souren | Contemporary Arts: Back to 1980s? | International Herald Tribune | October 29-30, 1994, p. 10 | Article |
| 1983 | Ginsberg, Allen & Mason, Marilynne | Karel Appel's Inner Lights | (interview), Northern Lights, Studies in Creativity, University of Maine at Presque Isle, Maine, 1983 |
Article | |
| 1977 | Frankenstein, Alfred | Rambling Around Mexico City | San Francisco Chronicle | October 20, 1977 |
Article |
| 2006 | Redl, Thomas | Jenseits der Vergänglichkeit: Karel Appels letzte Bilder | ST/A/R | Wien, # 12/2006, p. 7 |
Article |
| 1986 | Martin, Rupert | Apocalypse Now. Appel in the eighties | Arnolfini Preview | # 6 (October 1986), pp. 4-5 | Article |
| 1991 | Serra, Catalina | Karel Appel Pintor | El Pais | September 27, 1991 | Article |
| 2017 | Rio, Marie-Noël | Karel Appel un homme libre | Faites entrer l'infini | # 64, December 2017, pp. 20-39 |
Article |
| 1953 | Bowles, Paul | Paris! City of the Arts | Holiday | (April 1953), pp. 111–121 | Article |
| 1994 | Miller, Richard | Christian Karel Appel | Cobra, Nouvelles Editions Francaises, Paris, 1994, pp. 134-136 | 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 |
| 1977 | Jespersen, Gunnar | Karel Appel, Cobra | Gyldendal, Copenhagen, 1974, pp. 129-132 | Article | |
| 1986 | Stokvis, Willemijn | De Nederlanse bijdrage aan de Cobra-beweging en vervanten in schilder- en beeledhouwkunst | De Nederlandse identiteit in de kunst na 1945, Stedelijk Museum & Meulenhoff/Landshoff, Amsterdam, 1986, pp. 18-61 | Article | |
| 1991 | Spiegel, Olga | Karel Appel entre lo grotesco y lo ludico | La Vanguardia | September 22, 1991 | 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 |
| 2001 | Schumacher, Rogier | Karel Appel: Pastorale Chiaroscuro | Bulletin Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam | # 3, 2001 | Article |
| 1983 | Stabenow, Cornelia | Karel Appel: das Farbtier | die Kunst | # 5 (May 1983) | Article |
| 1989 | Gaudibert, Pierre | Karel Appel | Cimaise | year 36, # 198 (January - February 1989) | Article |
| 1977 | Kunstmann, Francoise | Entretien avec Karel Appel | Info Artitudes | (interview), # 19 (June 1977), p. 12 |
Article |
| 1997 | Fuchs, Rudi | L’antica storia dell’arte moderna | Art of the 20th Century. Flemish and Dutch Painting, Rizzoli, New York, 1997 | Article | |
| 1991 | Spiegel, Olga | Entrevista a Karel Appel, pintor | La Vanguardia | (interview) September 27, 1991 | 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 | |
| 2001 | Schweighöfer, Kerstin | Der Maler, der die Leinwand stürmte | ART das Kunstmagazin | # 4 (April 2001) | Article |
| 1989 | Lamarque-Mouzon, Mary Lou | Karel Appel, le vertige du noir | Art Thèmes | (interview)(October - November 1989), p. 15 | Article |
| 1977 | Towarnicki, Frédéric de | Appel, l'Anti-Robot | Connaissance des Arts | (interview), Paris, 1977 |
Article |
| 1997 | Wieg, Rogi | Het leven is een gloeilamp | Het Parool | January 24, 1997, p. 17 | Article |
| 2007 | Donkers, Jan | Liever een Karel Appel Museum | Het Parool | February 14, 2007 | Article |
| 1991 | Wingen, Ed | Karel Appel heeft het licht gezien | Kunstbeeld | vol. 15, # 2 (February 1991), pp. 23-26 | Article |
| 1965 | Hoffmann, Edith | Karel Appel at Amsterdam | The Burlington Magazine | vol. 107, # 750 (September 1965), pp. 484-482 | Article |
| 1989 | Lyotard, Jean-François | Sans Appel | Journal of Philosophy and the Visual Arts | Article | |
| 1960 | Alvard, Julien | De l'anarchie considérée comme un des beaux arts | Art International | vol. 4, # 6, 1960 | Article |
| 2007 | Jacobs, Katrien | Het postverkeer tussen Machelen-aan-de-Leie en… | Hugo Claus, Roger Raveel. Brieven 1947-1962, Ludion, Antwerpen, 2007, pp. 7-30 | Article | |
| 1965 | Hoffmann, Hans | Appelboom in Vondelpark | Panorama | year 52, # 14, April 3, 1965, pp. 34-5 | Article |
| 1989 | Re, Marisa del | Four Questions and Answers | Essere | (interview), not dated |
Article |
| 1960 | Lucebert | Drift op Zolder en Vragende Kinderen | Museumjournaal | (poem), series 5, # 10 (May 1960) | Article |