Selected bibliography
| Year | Author | Title | Source | Details | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Appel, Karel | Karel Appel: Der Machtwille der Planeten. Ich bin der Planet. Du bist der Planet. Wir sind die Planeten. Gedichte aus den Jahren 1941-1996 | Verlag Gachnang & Springer, Bern/Berlin, 2000 | Monograph | |
| 2000 | Houts, Cathérine van | Karel Appel. De Biografie | Uitgeverij Contact, Amsterdam, 2000 | Monograph | |
| 2000 | Fuchs, Rudi & Dosogne, Ludo | Karel Appel | with text by Rudi Fuchs (reprint from 1996) and interview by Ludo Dosogne, exh. cat. Galerie Kusseneers, Lier, Belgium |
Catalogue | |
| 2000 | Kaiser, Franz-W. | Karel Appel: Recente sculpturen & gedichten | with text by Franz-W. Kaiser (reprint from 1998), exh. cat. Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, Belgium |
Catalogue | |
| 2000 | Brouwer, Aart | Nationale wildeman. Profiel: Karel Appel | De Groene Amsterdammer | September 16, 2000 | Article |
| 2000 | Ellenbroek, Willem | De handen van Appel | de Volkskrant magazine | # 54, September 9, 2000 | Article |
| 1999 | Fuchs, Rudi & Gachnang, Johannes & Kuspit, Donald | Karel Appel: Psychopathological Notebook | Verlag Gachnang & Springer, Bern/Berlin, 1999 |
Monograph | |
| 1999 | Hovdenakk, Per & Kvaran, Gunnar B. | Toys from the Attic | exh. cat. Bergen Museum of Art, Norway, 1999 |
Catalogue | |
| 1999 | Lucebert | Dagwerk van Dionysos | (reprint from 1948), RASTER, # 88 (1999), p. 141 | Article | |
| 1998 | Stoullig, Claire | Appel: Natural Phenomenon | exh. cat. Galerie Lelong, Paris, 1998 |
Catalogue | |
| 1998 | Bonito Oliva, Achille | Karel Appel | exh. cat. Atelier del Bosco di Villa Medici, Rome, 1998 |
Catalogue | |
| 1998 | Gachnang, Johannes | Karel Appel a villa Medici | Carte d'Arte Internazionale | Gachnang, Johannes, et al (winter 1998/99) |
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 |
| 1998 | Houts, Cathérine van | Karel Appel groet de gekken | Het Parool | November 21, 1998 | Article |
| 1998 | Maruyama, Eiko | The World of Karel Appel | The Japanese journal | De Regio Publishers, Amsterdam (April - June 1998) | Article |
| 1998 | Vagheggi, Paolo | Tutti i nemici del CoBrA | La Repubblica | (interview), December 7, 1998 | Article |
| 1998 | Lyotard, Jean-François | Karel Appel, ein Farbgestus | (includes reprint from 1989), Verlag Gachnang & Springer, Bern/Berlin, 1998 | Monograph | |
| 1998 | Fuchs, Rudi | Karel Appel: Birth of a Landscape | with text by Rudi Fuchs (reprint from 1995), exh. cat. Galerie Ulysses, Vienna, 1998 |
Catalogue | |
| 1998 | Fuchs, Rudi & Hartog, Arie & Kuspit, Donald | Sculptures without a Hero | with introduction by Erika Röder-Diruf, Martina Rudloff and Paul Scholten, exh. cat. Museum Beelden aan Zee, The Hague, 1998 |
Catalogue | |
| 1998 | Kaiser, Franz-W. & Rohsmann, Arnulf | Karel Appel. Thinking Spaces | exh. cat. Kärntner Landesgalerie, Klagenfurt, Austria, 1998 |
Catalogue | |
| 1997 | Fuchs, Rudi & Gachnang, Johannes & Kuspit, Donald | Karel Appel: Psychopathologisches Notizbuch. Zeichnungen und Gouachen 1948-1950 | Verlag Gachnang & Springer, Bern/Berlin, 1997. Co-published as Karel Appel: Art psychopathologique. Carnet 1948-1950. Dessins et gouaches, Editions Ides et Calendes, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 1997 |
Monograph | |
| 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 |
Catalogue | |
| 1997 | Fuchs, Rudi | L’antica storia dell’arte moderna | Art of the 20th Century. Flemish and Dutch Painting, Rizzoli, New York, 1997 | Article | |
| 1997 | Wieg, Rogi | Het leven is een gloeilamp | Het Parool | January 24, 1997, p. 17 | Article |
| 1997 | Daix, Pierre | Karel Appel. L'Art psychopathologique | Les Arts et les Gens (radio broadcast for France Culture, Paris), September 1, 1997 | Miscellanious | |
| 1996 | Appel, Karel | Ode aan het Rood | Uitgeverij Contact, Amsterdam, 1996 | Monograph | |
| 1996 | Fuchs, Rudi | Appel. Figures et paysages | exh. cat. Galerie Lelong, Paris, 1996 |
Catalogue | |
| 1996 | Fuchs, Rudi | Karel Appel: Variazioni sul tema | with text by Rudi Fuchs (transcript/excerpt of radio broadcast from 1995), exh. cat. Fondazione Ambrosetti Arte Contemporanea, Brescia, Italy, 1996 |
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 | |
| 1996 | Arcisto, Suni | Karel Appel. L'idea ed il colore | Disegno & Pittura | year 2, # 7, (July - August 1996), pp. 31-33 | Article |
| 1996 | Lhote, P | Essai sur le mouvement Cobra. L’ emploi de la couleur chez Asger Jorn, Karel Appel et Pierre Alechinsky | Europäische Hochschulschriften | vol. XXVIII, # 244, 1996 | Article |
| 1996 | Vagheggi, Paolo | Il mio colore è tutto un jazz | La Repubblica | May 27, 1996 | Article |
| 1995 | Hess, Ewa | Ich erfinde die Welt... | Berner Zeitung | (interview), October 14, 1995 | 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 |
| 1995 | Houts, Cathérine van | Karel Appel maakt van Zauberflöte vooral een visuele opera | Het Parool | November 15, 1995 | Article |
| 1995 | Hughes, Robert | Rising from the Ruins | Time | June 26, 1995 | Article |
| 1995 | Huntington, Richard | Found and Fury | The Buffalo News | January 13, 1995 | Article |
| 1995 | Huntington, Richard | A Jolly Sort of Gloom at the Anderson | The Buffalo News | January 15, 1995 | Article |
| 1995 | Jansen, Kasper | Prachtige Zauberflöte van Appel en Audi | NRC Handelsblad | December 2, 1995 | Article |
| 1995 | Kimmelman, Michael | Rethinking Postwar Pigeonholes for Art | The New York Times | July 7, 1995 | Article |
| 1995 | Kraft, Martin | Karel Appel. Lebende Legende | Neue Züricher Zeitung | September 29, 1995 | Article |
| 1995 | Kruntorad, Paul | Anmalen gegen die Unübersichtlichkeit | Der Standard | June 19, 1995 | Article |
| 1995 | Karel Appel: Sculpture | with introduction by David Anderson and Reine Hauser, exh. cat. Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, 1995 | Catalogue | ||
| 1995 | Misar, Grete | Vom Chaos zur Ordnung | Klagenfurter Zeitung | November 30, 1995 | Article |
| 1995 | Fineberg, Jonathan | Mit dem Auge des Kindes | exh. cat. Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich & Kunstmuseum, Bern, 1995. Co-published as The Innocent Eye, Princeton University Press, 1997 |
Catalogue | |
| 1995 | Misar, Grete | Alterswerk eines Giganten | Die Furche | December 7, 1995 | Article |
| 1995 | Gachnang, Johannes | Karel Appel, Toskanischer Horizont | exh. cat. Galerie Lelong, Zürich, 1995 |
Catalogue | |
| 1995 | Pasini, Roberto | Appel | L'Informale: Stati Uniti, Europa, Italia | CLUEB, Bologna, Italy, 1995, pp. 274-276 | Article |
| 1995 | Fuchs, Rudi & Rohsmann, Arnulf & Zigaina, Guiseppe | Karel Appel: Ich bin die Erde der alles entspringt | exh. cat. Galerie Ulysses, Vienna, Austria & Kärntner Landesgalerie Klagenfurt, Austria, 1995 & Moderna Galerija Ljubljana |
Catalogue | |
| 1995 | Pentz, Mimi | Karel Appel Sculpture | Artvoice | vol. 6, issue 2, January 18-31, 1995 | Article |