Selected bibliography
| Year | Author | Title | Source | Details | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Fuchs, Rudi | The influence of New York on Karel Appel | NRC Handelsblad | June 22, 1990 |
Article |
| 1990 | Haak, Bregtje van der | Karel Appel 50 jaar schildersdrift | Beelding | (interview), # 10 (December 1990 - January 1991) | Article |
| 1990 | Heyting, Lien | Ik wilde het landschap laten dansen | NRC Handelsblad | (interview) NRC Handelsblad, Cultureel Supplement, December 7, 1990 | Article |
| 1990 | Illés, Vera | Het zwart van Karel Appel | Elsevier | (interview) vol. 46, # 51-52, December 22, 1990 | Article |
| 1990 | Klaster, Jan Bart | De Rambo van de beeldende kunst | Het Parool | December 15, 1990 | Article |
| 1990 | Lyotard, Jean-François | Sans Appel | Artstudio | (reprint from 1989), # 18 (autumn 1990) | Article |
| 1990 | Meijer, Ischa | De schilder en het licht | Revu Magazine | (interview), December 1990 | Article |
| 1989 | Hunter, Sam & Kuspit, Donald & Lyotard, Jean-Francois & Ragon, Michel & Wilde, Edy, de | Appel | with texts by Sam Hunter (reprint from 1986), Donald Kuspit, Jean-Francois Lyotard, Michel Ragon, Edy de Wilde, exh. cat. The National Museum of Art, Osaka & The Seibu Museum, Tokyo, 1989 & The Seibu Museum of Art, Tokyo & Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts & Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art & Hakone Open Air Museum, Ninotaira |
Catalogue | |
| 1989 | Gaudibert, Pierre | Karel Appel | Cimaise | year 36, # 198 (January - February 1989) | Article |
| 1989 | Lamarque-Mouzon, Mary Lou | Karel Appel, le vertige du noir | Art Thèmes | (interview)(October - November 1989), p. 15 | Article |
| 1989 | Lyotard, Jean-François | Sans Appel | Journal of Philosophy and the Visual Arts | Article | |
| 1989 | Re, Marisa del | Four Questions and Answers | Essere | (interview), not dated |
Article |
| 1989 | Hahn, Otto | Peinture à la tronçonneuse | L'Express | # 1952, December 2-8, 1988 | Article |
| 1989 | Appel, Karel & Bowness, Alan & Dotremont, Christian | Dupe of Being | with texts/reprints by Karel Appel, Alan Bowness, Christian Dotremont and many others, Edition Lafayette, New York, 1989 |
Monograph | |
| 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 | |
| 1988 | Ragon, Michel | Karel Appel | exh. cat. Galerie Beyeler, Basel, 1988 |
Catalogue | |
| 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 |
Catalogue | |
| 1988 | Armengaud, Françoise | Entretien avec Karel Appel | Titres | (interview), Edition Meridiens Klincksieck, Paris, series «Esthétique», 1988, pp. 143-157 | Article |
| 1988 | Cabanne, Pierre | Karel Appel. Haute tension | Elle | # 2238, November 28, 1988 | Article |
| 1988 | Hunter, Sam | Karel Appel In the Spirit of our Time | Arts Magazine | (January 1988)(reprint from 1986) | Article |
| 1988 | Huser, France | L'Appel de l'oeil | Le Nouvel Observateur | # 1254, November 17-23, 1988 | Article |
| 1988 | Krebs, Patrick | Les yeux grands ouverts de Karel Appel | Artstudio | # 9 (summer 1988), pp. 112-121 | Article |
| 1988 | Ragon, Michel | Les Annees 50 | Connaissance des Arts | numero special, 1988 | Article |
| 1988 | Verdet, André | Des lumières et des vibrations | New Art International | (interview), # 1/2 (May - June 1988) | Article |
| 1988 | Vila San-Juan, Sergio | Karel Appel: El movimiento de la brocha o el pincel lo contiene todo | La Vanguardia | February 23, 1988 | Article |
| 1988 | Vrijman, Jan | De vrijheidsschreeuw van Cobra en de behangselcultuur van nu | Het Parool | November 9, 1988 | Article |
| 1987 | Verdet, André | Sur les traces d'une métamorphose: Karel Appel, l'oeil pensé (On the trail of a metamorphosis: Karel Appel, the thinking eye) | Cimaise | # 187 (March - May 1987) | Article |
| 1987 | Verhofstad, Juliette | Appelbar, 1951 | Op het tweede gezicht | a bulletin published by the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, March 1987, pp. 203-206 | Article |
| 1987 | Claus, Hugo & Dotremont, Christian & Lambert, Jean-Clarence & Looten, Emmanuel & Lucebert & Tapíe, Michel & Towarnicki, Frédéric, de | Karel Appel 40 Ans de Peinture, Sculpture & Dessin | with multiple texts/reprints by Hugo Claus, Christian Dotremont, Jeanc-Clarence Lambert, Emmanuel Looten, Lucebert, Michel Tapié, Frédéric de Towarnicki and many others, Éditions Galilée, Paris, 1987 |
Monograph | |
| 1987 | Beeren, Wim & Claus, Hugo & Hunter, Sam & Martin, Rupert | Karel Appel Dipinti, Sculpture e Collagi | with foreword by Rudi Fuchs, texts by Wim Beeren (reprint from 1982), Hugo Claus (reprint from 1962), Sam Hunter (reprint from 1986), Rupert Martin (reprint from exh. cat. Arnolfini Gallery, 1986), exh. cat. Castello di Rivoli, Turin, 1987 |
Catalogue | |
| 1987 | Kuspit, Donald | Karel Appel: Recent Paintings and Sculpture | exh. cat. Marisa del Re Gallery, New York, 1987 |
Catalogue | |
| 1987 | Bax, Marty | De Appelbar | Jong Holland | vol. 3, # 3 (September 1987) pp. 4-13 | Article |
| 1987 | Caprile, Luciano | I Maestri di oggi | Arte | # 175 (June 1987) | Article |
| 1987 | Debailleux, H.F. | Tout le monde est endormi... | La Liberation | (interview), August 11, 1987, p. 24 | Article |
| 1987 | Dobbels, Daniel | Karel Appel du vide | La Liberation | August 11, 1987, p. 24 | Article |
| 1987 | Fallon, Brian | The Roaring Boy | The Irish Times | January 14, 1987 | Article |
| 1987 | Kontova, Helena & Politi, Giancarlo | Interview with Karel Appel | Flash Art | international edition, # 134 (May 1987), pp. 50-53 |
Article |
| 1987 | Lamarque-Mouzon, Mary-Lou | La 'saisie' Karel Appel | Art Thèmes | (June - July 1987), p. 11 | Article |
| 1987 | Lambert, Jean-Clarence | Karel Appel: la terre | La revue de'l'Opéra de Paris | # 47 (April 1987), pp. 16-19 | Article |
| 1987 | Ratcliff, Carter | Artist's Dialogue: Karel Appel -Optimism and Apocalypse- | Architectural Digest | (April 1987), p. 44 | Article |
| 1987 | Restany, Pierre | Karel Appel, le CoBrA collecteur | Beaux Arts Magazine | # 47 (June 1987), pp. 56-61 | Article |
| 1987 | Verdet, André | Karel Appel à Nice | Cimaise | # 190, (September - October 1987) | Article |
| 1986 | Martin, Rupert | Apocalypse Now. Appel in the eighties | Arnolfini Preview | # 6 (October 1986), pp. 4-5 | 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 | |
| 1986 | Dotremont, Christian | De kleurige onbekende | with poems by Karel Appel and text by Christian Dotremont (excerpt of letter from 1967), De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam, 1986 |
Monograph | |
| 1986 | Hunter, Sam | Karel Appel: Recent Paintings | exh. cat. Marisa del Re Gallery, New York, 1986 |
Catalogue | |
| 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 |
Catalogue | |
| 1986 | Martin, Rupert & Verdet, André | Karel Appel: paintings 1980-85 | with foreword by Alan Bowness and texts by Rupert Martin, André Verdet (reprint of interview from 1985), exh. cat. Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol, 1986 & Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin |
Catalogue | |
| 1986 | Hurlburt, Roger | A Bite of the Appel | News/Sun-Sentinel | September 28, 1986 | 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 |