Selected bibliography
| Year | Author | Title | Source Sort ascending | Details | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Heymer, Kay | The Guggenheim. Die Sammlung | with texts by Kay Heymer et al., exh. cat. Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Kunstmuseum Bonn, 2006 |
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| 2024 | Aalders, Steven | (Fe)Male | exh. cat. Karel Appel. (Fe)Male, Slewe Gallery, Amsterdam, 2024 |
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| 1963 | Karel Appel: Selezione di dipinti dal 1950 al 1961 | exh. cat. La Medusa, Rome, 1963 | Catalogue | ||
| 1982 | Appel, Karel | Océan Blesseé | with a letter by Christian Dotremont (excerpt from 1967), Éditions Galilée, Paris, 1982 |
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| 1988 | Ragon, Michel | Karel Appel Peinture 1937-57 / Karel Appel. The Early Years 1937-57 | Éditions Galilée, Paris, 1988. Co-published as Karel Appel. Schilderijen 1937-57, Meulenhoff, Amsterdam, 1988 | Monograph | |
| 1994 | Teh-Yu Wang, David | A Retrospective of Karel Appel | with preface by Tsai-Lang Huan and introduction by Rudi Fuchs, exh. cat. Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan, 1994 |
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| 2012 | Edwards, Jennifer Sudul | Pasadena to Santa Barbara: Selected History of Art in Southern California, 1951 – 1969 | with texts by Jennifer Sudul Edwards et al., exh. cat. Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 2012 |
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| 1958 | Sandberg, Willem | Karel Appel | exh. cat. Galerie Änne Abels, Cologne, 1958 |
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| 1975 | Read, Herbert | Appel: Paintings | with text by Herbert Read (excerpt from 1962), interview with Karel Appel by Alan Hanlon and Richard Graburn (excerpt from 1972), exh. cat. Wildenstein, London, 1975 |
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| 1985 | Barilli, Renato & Beeren, Wim & Frankenstein, Alfred & Josephus-Jitta, Mariette & Salvi, Sergio | Karel Appel | with texts by Renato Barilli, Wim Beeren (reprint from 1982), Alfred Frankenstein (reprint from 1980), Mariette Josephus-Jitta (reprint from 1982) Sergio Salvi, exh. cat. Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Florence, 1985 |
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| 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 |
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| 2006 | Sailer, John | Karel Appel: Last Paintings | exh. cat Galerie Ulysses, Vienna, 2006 |
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| 2024 | Friedel, Helmut | The essence of landscape | exh. cat. Karel Appel: Toscana, Galleria Poggiali, Florence, 2024 |
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| 1982 | Restany, Pierre | Street Art, Le Second Souffle de Karel Appel | Éditions Galilée, Paris, 1982 | Monograph | |
| 1988 | Ragon, Michel | Karel Appel | exh. cat. Galerie Beyeler, Basel, 1988 |
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| 2012 | Bashkoff, Tracey | Art of Another Kind: International Abstraction and the Guggenheim, 1949 - 1960 | with texts by Tracey Bashkoff et al., exh. cat. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 2012 |
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| 1975 | Kramer, Hilton | No one denies that painting is a material medium | (review), New York Times, September 20, 1975 | Article | |
| 1985 | Pincus-Witten, Robert | Karel Appel: CoBrA Paintings 1948-1951 | exh. cat. James Goodman Gallery, New York, 1985 |
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| 2024 | Kaiser, Franz-W. | Karel Appel in Italy | exh. cat. Karel Appel: Toscana, Galleria Poggiali, Florence, 2024 |
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| 1963 | Gans, Louis | De mythe van Karel Appel’s ’anrotzooien’ | Album Discipulorum aangeboden aan Professor Dr J.G. Van Gelder, Haentjes Dekker & Gumbert, Utrecht, February 27, 1963, pp. 179-185 | Article | |
| 1982 | Berger, Peter & Vinkenoog, Simon & Vrijman, Jan | Ecrits sur Karel Appel | Esteban, Claude & Delorme, Michel (ed.), with texts by Peter Berger (reprint from 1977), Simon Vinkenoog (reprint from 1963), Jan Vrijman (reprint from 1962), Éditions Galilée, Paris, 1982 |
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| 1988 | Appel, Karel & Hunter, Sam | Karel Appel: Portraits from the Titan Series | with texts by Karel Appel, Sam Hunter et al., exh. cat. Marisa del Re Gallery, New York, 1988 |
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| 2001 | Ragon, Michel | Karel Appel: Sag zum Abschied leise Servus | exh. cat. Galerie Lelong, Paris, 2001 |
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| 2012 | Giersbergen, Wilma van | Kunstonderwijs en studenten: 1945-1998 | Rotterdamse meesters. Twee eeuwen kunstacademie in Rotterdam 1773 – 1998, Primavera Pers, Leiden, 2012, pp. 185-200 | Article | |
| 1976 | Redeker, Hans | Karel Appel: schilderijen, gouaches, acryls, keramische beelden 1950–1975 | exh. cat. Galerie Nova Spectra, The Hague, 1976 |
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| 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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| 1951 | Cobra, Revue international de l’art experimental | # 10 (autumn 1951), used as exh. cat. for IIe Exposition |
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| 1982 | Beeren, Wim | Het Nieuwe Werk van Karel Appel 1979 – 1981 | exh. cat. Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 1982 |
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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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| 2013 | Stokvis, Willemijn | Karel Appel. I do not paint, I hit! | exh. cat. Museum Jorn, Silkeborg, Denmark, 2013 |
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| 1976 | Editie “collection d’art” | year 8, # 4 (1976), with introduction by A. M. Hammacher, used as exh. cat. for Collection d'Art, Amsterdam, 1976 | Catalogue | ||
| 1951 | Internationale d’ Art Experimental | Palais des Beaux-Arts, Liège, Belgium, 1951 |
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| 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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| 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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| 2013 | Lehmann-Brockhaus, Ursula | Karel Appel | Incontro internazionale della ceramica, Albisola, Sommer 1954. Appel, Baj, Corneille, Dangelo, Jorn, Matta in der Werkstatt Mazzotti Giuseppe, Campisano Editore, Rome, 2013, pp. 21-45; 171-180 | Article | |
| 1977 | Berger, Peter | Karel Appel | Van Spijk, Venlo, 1977 | Monograph | |
| 1985 | Flomenhaft, Eleanor | Karel Appel | The Roots and Developments of Cobra Art, Fine Arts Museum of Long Island, Hempstead, 1985, pp. 73-91 | Article | |
| 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 |
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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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| 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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| 2014 | Gingeras, Alison | Karel Appel | exh. cat. Blum & Poe, New York, 2014 |
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| 1959 | Marinotti, Paolo | Dipingere coi tessuti | exh. cat. Palazzo Grassi, Venice, 1959 |
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| 1977 | Lambert, Jean-Clarence | Éloge de la Folie | Yves Rivière, Paris, 1977 | 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 |
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| 2007 | Hartog Jager, Hans den | Karel Appel in Essentie | Athaneum-Polak & Van Gennep, Amsterdam, 2007 | Monograph | |
| 1964 | Claus, Hugo | Karel Appel Schilder | with foreword by Herbert Read, texts by Hugo Claus and poem by Lucebert (reprint from 1960), A.J.G. Strengholt, Mammoet Reeks # 25, Amsterdam, 1964 |
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| 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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| 1994 | Miller, Richard | Christian Karel Appel | Cobra, Nouvelles Editions Francaises, Paris, 1994, pp. 134-136 | Article | |
| 2001 | Steininger, Florian | Karel Appel: Der Machtwille der Planeten | exh. cat. Galerie Ulysses, Vienna, 2001 |
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| 1959 | Marinotti, Paolo & Michaux, Henri & Sandberg, Willem | Vitalità nell'Arte | exh. cat. Palazzo Grassi, Venice, 1959 & Kunsthalle, Recklinghausen, Germany & Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam |
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