Selected bibliography
| Year | Author | Title | Source | Details | Type Sort descending |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | Elsken, Ed van der | Karel Appel. Ein Bildbericht mit 1 Farbphoto und 8 Schwarzweissaufnahmen | Du | year 23, # 271 (September 1963) |
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| 1994 | Arian, Max | Liefde voor al wat rauw is | De Groene Amsterdammer | (interview), # 46, November 16, 1994 | Article |
| 2000 | Turner, Jonathan | Karel Appel: Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam | ARTnews | (review) (November 2000), p. 218 | Article |
| 1991 | Barten, Walter | Verftube als raket | Financieel Dagblad | January 14, 1991 | Article |
| 1950 | Dotremont, Christian | L’affaire Appel | Le petit cobra, # 3 | Brussels (spring 1950) |
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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 | |
| 1994 | Caprile, Luciano | Il Bello e la Bestia | Arte | (winter 1994) | Article |
| 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 | |
| 1958 | Alloway, Lawrence | London Exhibitions | Art International | vol. 2, # 8 (November 1958) | Article |
| 1975 | Kramer, Hilton | No one denies that painting is a material medium | (review), New York Times, September 20, 1975 | Article | |
| 1991 | Blom, Ansuya | Einfach Kompliziert | Kunst- en Museumjournaal | # 5 (February 1991) | Article |
| 1996 | Arcisto, Suni | Karel Appel. L'idea ed il colore | Disegno & Pittura | year 2, # 7, (July - August 1996), pp. 31-33 | Article |
| 2006 | Burnstock, Aviva | “An Investigation of Water-Sensitive Oil Paints in Twentieth-Century Paintings | Modern Paints Uncovered | London, Tate Modern, 2006, pp. 177-187 |
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| 2006 | Fuchs, Rudi | Hemelpost | HP/De Tijd | December 22, 2006, p. 144 | Article |
| 2024 | Ebbink, Hans | Een Kwadraat-Blad dat niet verscheen | Rode Haring, nr.12 | Article | |
| 1963 | Gasser, Manuel | Wie man Karel Appel ignoriert | Du | year 23, # 271 (September 1963) |
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| 1988 | Armengaud, Françoise | Entretien avec Karel Appel | Titres | (interview), Edition Meridiens Klincksieck, Paris, series «Esthétique», 1988, pp. 143-157 | Article |
| 1994 | Hoogendijk, Ferry | Karel Appel: 'Ik heb Van Gogh in Mondriaan ontdekt' | Art and Value | (interview) year 2, # 2 (summer 1994) | Article |
| 1958 | Burrey, Suzanne | Karel Appel. Dutch Muralist | Architectural Record | vol. 123 (January 1958) | Article |
| 1991 | Bode, Ursula | Eine Substanz die Wärme transportiert | Süddeutsche Zeitung | # 167, July 22, 1991 | 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 |
| 1991 | Borras, Maria Lluïsa | La pintura como grito de pasión | La Vanguardia | October 8, 1991 | 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 |
| 1963 | Ragon, Michel | J'ai pris un modèle pour me liberer de l'abstraction | Arts | # 918 (May – June 1963) | Article |
| 1988 | Cabanne, Pierre | Karel Appel. Haute tension | Elle | # 2238, November 28, 1988 | Article |
| 1994 | Klaster, Jan Bart | Kippen, koeien en dansers | Het Parool | October 3, 1994 | Article |
| 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 | |
| 1958 | Jaffé, H.C.L. | Rencontre au printemps de Karel Appel | Quadrum | Les arts plastiques au nouveau siège de l'Unesco, a special issue of Quadrum, # 6, 1958 | Article |
| 1985 | Dank, Ralf | Aus dem Chaos wächst das Bild | Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger | (interview), # 229/20, October 3, 1985, p. 20 | 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 |
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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 2007 | Kaiser, Franz-W. | Appels Akte | exh. cat. Karel Appel. Monumentale Zeichnungen, Albertina Museum, Vienna, 2007, with foreword by Klaus Albrecht Schröder; translated from German to English by Andrew Boreham, September 2021 as “Appel’s Nudes” |
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| 1964 | Read, Herbert | Appel | exh. cat. American Art Gallery, Copenhagen |
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| 2015 | Gingeras, Alison & Godet, Marie & Laugharn, Fiona | The Avant-Garde Won’t Give Up. Cobra & Its Legacy | exh. cat. Blum & Poe, New York, 2015 |
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| 1959 | Neuburg, Hans | Karel Appel | exh. cat. Galerie Charles Lienhard, Zürich, 1959 |
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| 1977 | Rodriguez, Antonio | Karel Appel | with text by Antonio Rodriguez and interview by Alan Hanlon and Richard Graburn (reprint from 1972), exh. cat. Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, 1977 & Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas |
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| 1986 | Hunter, Sam | Karel Appel: Recent Paintings | exh. cat. Marisa del Re Gallery, New York, 1986 |
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| 1953 | Claus, Hugo & Tapié, Michel | Karel Appel | Palais des Beaux-Arts | exh. cat. Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 1953 |
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| 1995 | Karel Appel: Sculpture | with introduction by David Anderson and Reine Hauser, exh. cat. Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, 1995 | Catalogue | ||
| 2015 | Kaiser, Franz-W. & Lemonnier, Anne & Strobl, Andreas | Karel Appel. Works on paper | with introduction by Jonas Storsve, exh. cat. Musée national d’art moderne – Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2015 & Staatliche Sammlung München – Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich |
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| 1959 | Tillich, Paul | New images of man | with prefatory note by Peter Selz and text by Paul Tillich, exh. cat. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1959 |
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| 1986 | Beeren, Wim & Hunter, Sam | Recent Paintings and Sculpture; Clouds, Windmill, Nudes and Other Mythologies | with texts by Wim Beeren, Sam Hunter (reworked text from exh. cat. Marisa del Re, 1986), exh. cat. Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 1986 |
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| 1953 | Sweeney, James Johnson | Younger European painters | exh. cat. The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1953 |
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