Selected bibliography
| Year | Author Sort descending | Title | Source | Details | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Bibeb | Karel Appel: Mijn LSD is m’n verf | Vrij Nederland | December 22, 1973 | Article |
| 1991 | Blom, Ansuya | Einfach Kompliziert | Kunst- en Museumjournaal | # 5 (February 1991) | Article |
| 1991 | Bode, Ursula | Eine Substanz die Wärme transportiert | Süddeutsche Zeitung | # 167, July 22, 1991 | Article |
| 1998 | Bonito Oliva, Achille | Karel Appel | exh. cat. Atelier del Bosco di Villa Medici, Rome, 1998 |
Catalogue | |
| 1984 | Bordaz, Jean-Pierre | Interview with Karel Appel | Flash Art, French edition | # 3 (spring 1984) | Article |
| 1969 | Borras, Maria Lluïsa | Piet Mondrian, eremita en Nueva York y Karel Appel o el vertigo de vivir | Destino | March 15, 1969 | Article |
| 1991 | Borras, Maria Lluïsa | La pintura como grito de pasión | La Vanguardia | October 8, 1991 | Article |
| 1961 | Boudaille, George | K. Appel | with text by George Boudaille (reprint from Cimaise, 1961), exh. cat. Galleria dell 'Ariete, Milan, 1961 |
Catalogue | |
| 1961 | Boudaille, George | Appel | Cimaise | series VIII, # 3 (September - October 1961) | Article |
| 1961 | Boudaille, George | Une nouvelle figuration? Karel Appel ouvre la voie d’un expressionnisme nouveau | Les Lettres Françaises | # 948, 2 – 18 October 1962 |
Article |
| 1953 | Bowles, Paul | Paris! City of the Arts | Holiday | (April 1953), pp. 111–121 | Article |
| 2010 | Bozal, Valeriano | Karel Appel, Le cheval mourant, 1956 | B’09, Bilbao Fine Arts Bulletin | November 2010, pp. 255-300 |
Article |
| 2004 | Braet, Jan | Het paradijs is nu | Knack | (interview with Rudi Fuchs and Karel Appel), # 41, October 6, 2004, pp. 124–128 |
Article |
| 2000 | Brouwer, Aart | Nationale wildeman. Profiel: Karel Appel | De Groene Amsterdammer | September 16, 2000 | Article |
| 2002 | Brugger, Ingried & Fuchs, Rudi & Kaiser, Franz-W. & Steininger, Florian | Karel Appel | with texts by Ingried Brugger, Rudi Fuchs, Franz-W. Kaiser (reprint from 2001), Florian Steininger, exh. cat. Kunstforum Wien, Vienna, 2002 |
Catalogue | |
| 1991 | Bufill, Juan | La realidad de Karel Appel | ABC | October 24, 1991 | 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 |
Article |
| 1958 | Burrey, Suzanne | Karel Appel. Dutch Muralist | Architectural Record | vol. 123 (January 1958) | Article |
| 1988 | Cabanne, Pierre | Karel Appel. Haute tension | Elle | # 2238, November 28, 1988 | Article |
| 2004 | Camps, Hugo | Hugo Camps in gesprek met schilder Karel Appel | Elsevier | (interview), # 44, October 30, 2004, pp. 42-44 | Article |
| 1987 | Caprile, Luciano | I Maestri di oggi | Arte | # 175 (June 1987) | Article |
| 1994 | Caprile, Luciano | Il Bello e la Bestia | Arte | (winter 1994) | Article |
| 2008 | Cariou, André | De Miró à Warhol. La collection Berardo à Paris | with text by André Cariou et al., exh. cat. Musée Luxembourg, Paris, 2008 |
Catalogue | |
| 2008 | Cerritelli, Claudio | Karel Appel: Opere 1990–2002 | exh. cat. Galleria Arte 92, Milan, 2008 |
Catalogue | |
| 1964 | Citroen, Paul | Appel or Citroen | Delta. A Review of Arts Life and Thought in the Netherlands | # 1 (spring 1964), pp. 13-23 |
Article |
| 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 | 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 | |
| 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 |
Monograph | |
| 1953 | Claus, Hugo | Ontmoeting met Karel Appel | Het Laatste Nieuws | (interview), Het Laatste Nieuws, November 4, 1953 | Article |
| 1965 | Claus, Hugo | Mélancolie et Fureur d'Appel | XXième Siècle | # 25 (June 1965), pp. 105-106 |
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 | |
| 1953 | Claus, Hugo & Tapié, Michel | Karel Appel | Palais des Beaux-Arts | exh. cat. Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 1953 |
Catalogue |
| 1956 | Coates, R.M | Art Galleries: Exhibition at Jackson Gallery | The New Yorker | May 5, 1956 | Article |
| 1992 | Cotter, Holland | Karel Appel | New York Times | review, December 25, 1992 | Article |
| 1981 | Coutinho, Wilson | A pintura de um tigre dentro da jaula | Jornal do Brasil | September 15, 1981 |
Article |
| 2015 | Crochet, Alexander | Karel Appel s’effeuille au Centre Pompidou | Le Quotidien de l’Art | (review), # 930, October 27, 2015 | Article |
| 1983 | Dagen, Philippe | Karel Appel | Le Gustidien de Paris | (review), # 1268, December 22, 1983 |
Article |
| 1997 | Daix, Pierre | Karel Appel. L'Art psychopathologique | Les Arts et les Gens (radio broadcast for France Culture, Paris), September 1, 1997 | Miscellanious | |
| 1985 | Dank, Ralf | Aus dem Chaos wächst das Bild | Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger | (interview), # 229/20, October 3, 1985, p. 20 | Article |
| 1993 | Dannatt, Adrian | Karel Appel at André Emmerich Gallery | ARTnews | (review), vol. 92, # 3 (March 1993) | Article |
| 2002 | Daum, Pierre | Je puisse mes images dans l’infinie richesse que m’offre la matière | La liberation | October 26/27, 2002, pp. 40-41 | Article |
| 1987 | Debailleux, H.F. | Tout le monde est endormi... | La Liberation | (interview), August 11, 1987, p. 24 | Article |
| 1991 | Depondt, Paul | Karel Appel de retour aux Pays-Bas | Septentrion | year 20, # 1, 1991 | Article |
| 1987 | Dobbels, Daniel | Karel Appel du vide | La Liberation | August 11, 1987, p. 24 | Article |
| 1957 | Doelman, Cornelis | Karel Appel. L'aventure de la sensation extasiée | Quadrum. Revue internationale d’art moderne | # 3, 1957, pp. 41-48 |
Article |
| 1954 | Doelman, Cornelis | Olanda | exh. cat. Biennale di Venezia XXVII, 1954 |
Catalogue | |
| 1956 | Doelman, Cornelis & Sandberg, Willem | K. Appel: Dipinti e ceramiche | with texts by Cornelis Doelman (excerpt from 1954), Willem Sandberg, exh. cat. Galleria dell'Ariete, Milan, 1956 |
Catalogue | |
| 2007 | Donkers, Jan | Liever een Karel Appel Museum | Het Parool | February 14, 2007 | Article |
| 1962 | Dotremont, Christian | "Cobra" | L'Oeuil. Revue d'art | # 96 (December 1962), pp.56-65 |
Article |
| 1950 | Dotremont, Christian | Appel | Bibliothèque de CoBrA, series «d'Arts Plastiques» | Ejnar Munksgaard, Copenhagen (1950) |
Monograph |