Selected bibliography
| Year | Author | Title | Source | Details | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 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 |
Catalogue | |
| 1985 | Pincus-Witten, Robert | Karel Appel: CoBrA Paintings 1948-1951 | exh. cat. James Goodman Gallery, New York, 1985 |
Catalogue | |
| 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 |
Catalogue | |
| 1985 | Dank, Ralf | Aus dem Chaos wächst das Bild | Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger | (interview), # 229/20, October 3, 1985, p. 20 | Article |
| 1985 | Flomenhaft, Eleanor | Karel Appel | The Roots and Developments of Cobra Art, Fine Arts Museum of Long Island, Hempstead, 1985, pp. 73-91 | Article | |
| 1985 | Kuspit, Donald | Atomic Weather: Karel Appel | Art in America | # 4 (April 1985), pp. 160-163 | Article |
| 1985 | Ginsberg, Allen & Restany, Pierre & Towarnicki, Frédéric de | Karel Appel, Streetart, Ceramics, Sculpture, Wood Reliefs, Tapestries, Murals, Villa el Salvador | with texts by Allen Ginsberg, Pierre Restany (reprint from 1982) and interview by Frédéric de Towarnicki (first publication of interview from 1979), Abbeville Press, New York, 1985 |
Monograph | |
| 1985 | Towarnicki, Frédéric de & Verdet, André | Propos en Liberté de Karel Appel | with texts by Frédéric de Towarnicki (includes reprint of interview from 1977 and first publications of four interviews from 1979) and André Verdet, Éditions Galilée, Paris, 1985 Verdet, André, Fenêtres de Karel Appel, Éditions Galilée, Paris, 1985 |
Monograph | |
| 1984 | Geirlandt, Karel & Vree, Freddy de | Karel Appel: Recent werk / oeuvres récentes / 1980–1983 | with texts by Karel Geirlandt, Freddy de Vree (excerpt from 1983), exh. cat. Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 1984 |
Catalogue | |
| 1984 | Jónsdóttir, Selma & Meijer, Ischa | Karel Appel | with texts by Selma Jónsdóttir, Ischa Meijer (reprint from April 1984), Listasafn, Reykjavik, Iceland, 1984 |
Catalogue | |
| 1984 | Baj, Enrico | Imbratto tele ma discendo da Van Gogh | Corriere della Sera | (interview), not dated |
Article |
| 1984 | Bordaz, Jean-Pierre | Interview with Karel Appel | Flash Art, French edition | # 3 (spring 1984) | Article |
| 1984 | Dypreau, Jean | Karel Appel ou le bel aujourd'hui | +/o | year XI, # 40 (June 1984), p. 13 |
Article |
| 1984 | Jamie, Rasaad | Appel Now | Artscribe | (interview), # 45 (February - April 1984), pp. 41-47 | Article |
| 1984 | Lamarque-Mouzon, Mary-Lou | Karel Appel, Une certaine liberté de propos | Art Thèmes | (interview) 1984, pp. 14-15 | Article |
| 1984 | Meijer, Ischa | Nomad | Vrij Nederland | (interview), April 28, 1984 | Article |
| 1984 | Paparoni, Demetrio | Primavera senza fine | Tema Celeste | # 4 (October 1984), pp. 2-6 | Article |
| 1984 | Towarnicki, Frederic de | La dimensione del sentimento | Tema Celeste | (interview), # 4 (October 1984), p. 7 | Article |
| 1984 | Tuyl, Gijs van | The comeback of an authentic painter | Metropolis M | # 4 (September - October 1984) | Article |
| 1984 | Tuyl, Gijs van | The New Reality of Karel Appel | Dutch Art and Architecture Today | December 16, 1984 | Article |
| 1984 | Towarnicki, Frederic de | Crime a New York | (interview), 1984 (unpublished) | Miscellanious | |
| 1984 | Stokvis, Willemijn (ed.) | De doorbraak van de moderne kunst in Nederland, 1945 - 1951 | Meulenhoff/Landshoff, Amsterdam 1984 | Miscellanious | |
| 1983 | Vree, Freddy de | Karel Appel | Kunstpocket # 16, Kunstforum, Schelderode, Belgium, 1983 | Monograph | |
| 1983 | Ashton, Dore | Affirmation and Apocalypse in Karel Appel's Recent Paintings | Arts Magazine | # 8 (April 1983) pp. 68-69 | Article |
| 1983 | Dagen, Philippe | Karel Appel | Le Gustidien de Paris | (review), # 1268, December 22, 1983 |
Article |
| 1983 | Ginsberg, Allen & Mason, Marilynne | Karel Appel's Inner Lights | (interview), Northern Lights, Studies in Creativity, University of Maine at Presque Isle, Maine, 1983 |
Article | |
| 1983 | Mulder, Jouke | Karel Appel: Mijn laatste werk heeft meer met de mens te maken | Elseviers Magazine | (interview) year 39, # 24, June 18, 1983 | Article |
| 1983 | Stabenow, Cornelia | Karel Appel: das Farbtier | die Kunst | # 5 (May 1983) | Article |
| 1983 | Lambert, Jean-Clarence | Cobra | Ste Nlle des Editions du Chêne, Paris and Fonds Mercator, Antwerp, 1983. Co-published by Abbeville Press, Inc, New York, 1983 |
Miscellanious | |
| 1982 | Restany, Pierre | Street Art, Le Second Souffle de Karel Appel | Éditions Galilée, Paris, 1982 | Monograph | |
| 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 |
Monograph | |
| 1982 | Beeren, Wim | Het Nieuwe Werk van Karel Appel 1979 – 1981 | exh. cat. Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 1982 |
Catalogue | |
| 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 |
Catalogue | |
| 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 |
Catalogue | |
| 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 |
Catalogue | |
| 1982 | Houts, Cathérine van | Appel verkent 't sentiment | Het Parool | January 22, 1982 | Article |
| 1982 | Klaster, Jan Bart | Opzienbarende comeback van Karel Appel | Het Parool | January 26, 1982 | Article |
| 1982 | Lambert, Jean-Clarence | Karel Appel. Le grognement de l’ours | Canal | # 45/46 (April 1982) |
Article |
| 1982 | Appel, Karel | Océan Blesseé | with a letter by Christian Dotremont (excerpt from 1967), Éditions Galilée, Paris, 1982 |
Monograph | |
| 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 | |
| 1981 | Reinhartz-Tergau, Elisabeth | Karel Appel: tentoonstelling t.g.v. zijn 60-ste verjaardag, | exh. cat. Galerie Nova Spectra, The Hague, 1981 |
Catalogue | |
| 1981 | Coutinho, Wilson | A pintura de um tigre dentro da jaula | Jornal do Brasil | September 15, 1981 |
Article |
| 1981 | Karel Appel in New York | Haagsche Post | January 3, 1981 | Article | |
| 1981 | Vree, Freddy de | Karel Appel in Kunstforum | Kunstecho's | year 10, # 5 (September - October 1981) |
Article |
| 1981 | Towarnicki, Frederic de | Fenêtres | (interview), 1981 (unpublished) | Miscellanious | |
| 1980 | Frankenstein, Alfred | Karel Appel | with texts by Alfred Frankenstein, Willem Sandberg (reprint from 1974) and interview by Frédéric de Towarnicki (reprint from 1977), Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1980. Co-published by Meulenhoff/Landshoff, Amsterdam, 1980 |
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 | |
| 1980 | Impe, Marc van | Karel Appel en de spanning tussen rood en blauw | Nieuwsnet | (interview), week 32, August 9, 1980 |
Article |
| 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 |