Selected bibliography
| Year | Author | Title | Source Sort ascending | Details | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Schug, Albert | Die Kunst unseres Jahrhunderts | Naumann & Göbel, Cologne, 1992, pp. 153, 212, 296 | Article | |
| 1999 | Hovdenakk, Per & Kvaran, Gunnar B. | Toys from the Attic | exh. cat. Bergen Museum of Art, Norway, 1999 |
Catalogue | |
| 2010 | Karel Appel: Paintings from five decades | with text by Karel Appel (reprint from 1977), exh. cat. Galerie Ulysses, Vienna, 2010 | Catalogue | ||
| 1962 | Claus, Hugo | Karel Appel Painter | with foreword by Herbert Read, text by Hugo Claus, poem by Lucebert (reprint from 1960) and by Willem Sandberg, A. J. G. Strengholt, Amsterdam, 1962 |
Monograph | |
| 1980 | Lambert, Jean-Clarence | Works on Paper | with foreword by Marshall McLuhan and text by Jean-Clarence Lambert (reprint from 1978), Abbeville Press, New York, 1980 |
Monograph | |
| 1992 | Thorn-Petit, Liliane | Karel Appel | (excerpt from interview for RTL Television, Luxembourg), Portraits d’artistes, Editions Serpenoise, Metz, 1992 | Article | |
| 1999 | Lucebert | Dagwerk van Dionysos | (reprint from 1948), RASTER, # 88 (1999), p. 141 | Article | |
| 2021 | Kaiser, Franz-W. | Polaroid Series | exh. cat. Karel Appel: Life-Size and larger, Eenwerk Gallery, Amsterdam, 2021 |
Catalogue | |
| 1962 | Gribaudo, Ezio & Sandberg, Willem | Le sculture di Karel Appel | with texts by Ezio Gribaudo and Willem Sandberg (reprint of poem from 1962), Edizione d’Arte Fratelli Pozzo, Turin, 1962 |
Monograph | |
| 1993 | Kuspit, Donald | Singing Donkeys: Nieuwe beelden van Karel Appel | with foreword by Rudi Fuchs, exh. cat. Museum Paleis Lange Voorhout, The Hague, 1993 |
Article | |
| 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 | |
| 1957 | Dotremont, Christian & Read, Herbert | Paintings: Karel Appel | with introduction by Christian Dotremont and preface by Herbert Read, exh. cat. Institute of Contemporary Art, London, 1957 |
Catalogue | |
| 2004 | Kuspit, Donald | The decline of the cult of the unconscious: running on empty | The End of Art, Camebridge, 2004, pp. 89-142 | Article | |
| 2021 | Fuchs, Rudi | By Karel Appel, a Work in Fragments | exh. cat. Karel Appel: Life-Size and larger, Eenwerk Gallery, Amsterdam, 2021 |
Catalogue | |
| 1962 | Vrijman, Jan & Sandberg, Willem | De Werkelijkheid van Karel Appel | with texts by Jan Vrijman and Willem Sandberg (reprint from 1961), De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam, 1962 |
Monograph | |
| 1980 | Claus, Hugo | Ontmoetingen met Corneille en Karel Appel | with introduction by Erik Slagter and text by Hugo Claus (reprint from 1953), Elsevier Manteau, Antwerpen/Amsterdam, 1980 |
Miscellanious | |
| 2000 | Houts, Cathérine van | Karel Appel. De Biografie | Uitgeverij Contact, Amsterdam, 2000 | Monograph | |
| 1957 | Moreni, Mattia | Appel | exh. cat. Galerie Stadler, Paris, 1957 |
Catalogue | |
| 1971 | Appel, Karel & Alvard, Julien & Boudaille, George & Claus, Hugo & Dotremont, Christian & Vrijman, Jan | Karel Appel over Karel Appel | Triton Pers, Amsterdam, 1971 |
Monograph | |
| 2019 | Frishert, Gerard | Monument Woudestein, cultuurhistorische verkenning, deel 7, keramisch tegeltableau City People van Karel Appel |
Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam / FRISHERT CEAC CREATIES, 2019 |
Monograph | |
| 1962 | Lucebert, Oxenaar, R. D. W. & Schierbeek, Bert | Karel Appel | with texts by Lucebert (reprint from 1950), R. W. D. Oxenaar, Bert Schierbeek, exh. cat. Galerie der Spiegel, Cologne, 1962 |
Catalogue | |
| 1981 | Honnef, Klaus | Appel | with text by Klaus Honnef (reprint from exh. cat. Dreissig Jahre Karel Appel, Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven), exh. cat. Museu de Arte do São Paulo, 1981 |
Catalogue | |
| 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 | |
| 2010 | Volpato, Elena | Karel Appel | Ten Years and Beyond. The Collection of the Fondazione per l'Arte Moderne e Contemporanea - CRT for Turin and Piedmont, Archive Books, Berlin, 2010, pp. 110-111 | Article |
