Selected bibliography
| Year | Author Sort descending | Title | Source | Details | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Dotremont, Christian | "Cobra" | L'Oeuil. Revue d'art | # 96 (December 1962), pp.56-65 |
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 | |
| 1967 | Dotremont, Christian | Lettre à Karel Appel, le 10 mars, 1967 | 1967 (unpublished) | Miscellanious | |
| 1965 | Dotremont, Christian & Lucebert & Read, Herbert & Schierbeek, Bert & Ting, Walasse & Vinkenoog, Simon | Appel | with texts by Christian Dotremont, Lucebert (including reprint from 1950), Herbert Read (excerpt from 1957), Bert Schierbeek, Walasse Ting, Simon Vinkenoog, exh. cat. Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam & Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 1965 & Städtische Kunstgalerie, Bochum, Germany & Charlottenborg, Copenhagen & Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen, Germany & Moderna Museet, Stockholm |
Catalogue | |
| 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 | |
| 1968 | Dull, Ben | Daden en woorden van Karel Appel | Het Parool | (interview), November 15, 1968 |
Article |
| 2004 | Dumont, Benoît | Karel Appel, peintre au regard toujours neuf | Fortis Tribune | # 17 (September 2004), p. 16 | Article |
| 1984 | Dypreau, Jean | Karel Appel ou le bel aujourd'hui | +/o | year XI, # 40 (June 1984), p. 13 |
Article |
| 1978 | Dypreau, Jean | Karel Appel. Peintures et sculptures | exh. cat. Fondation Chateau de Jau, Cases-de-Pène, France, 1978 |
Catalogue | |
| 2012 | Edwards, Jennifer Sudul | Pasadena to Santa Barbara: Selected History of Art in Southern California, 1951 – 1969 | with texts by Jennifer Sudul Edwards et al., exh. cat. Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 2012 |
Catalogue | |
| 2000 | Ellenbroek, Willem | De handen van Appel | de Volkskrant magazine | # 54, September 9, 2000 | Article |
| 1990 | Ellenbroek, Willem | Van het aapstadium groei ik naar de mens | de Volkskrant | December 7, 1990 | Article |
| 1963 | Elsken, Ed van der | Karel Appel. Ein Bildbericht mit 1 Farbphoto und 8 Schwarzweissaufnahmen | Du | year 23, # 271 (September 1963) |
Article |
| 1992 | Erkel, Ronald van | The Intuitive Logistics of Karel Appel | Nedlloyd World | (autumn 1992), pp. 28-31 | Article |
| 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 | |
| 1987 | Fallon, Brian | The Roaring Boy | The Irish Times | January 14, 1987 | Article |
| 1995 | Fineberg, Jonathan | Mit dem Auge des Kindes | exh. cat. Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich & Kunstmuseum, Bern, 1995. Co-published as The Innocent Eye, Princeton University Press, 1997 |
Catalogue | |
| 2011 | Fineberg, Jonathan | Klee and Cobra – A Child’s Play | with texts by Jonathan Fineberg et al., exh. cat. Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, 2011 |
Catalogue | |
| 1953 | Fitzsimmons, James | New York: A Glittering Constellation. Introducing 33 Younger European Painters | ART Digest | December 1, 1953, pp. 7-8; 25-26 |
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 | |
| 1977 | Frankenstein, Alfred | Rambling Around Mexico City | San Francisco Chronicle | October 20, 1977 |
Article |
| 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 | |
| 1968 | Franquinet, Robert | Kracht en tederheid | Limburgs Dagblad | October 26, 1968 | Article |
| 2019 | Frishert, Gerard | Monument Woudestein, cultuurhistorische verkenning, deel 7, keramisch tegeltableau City People van Karel Appel |
Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam / FRISHERT CEAC CREATIES, 2019 |
Monograph | |
| 1995 | Fuchs, Rudi | Interview with Karel Appel | (radio broadcast for VPRO “De Avonden”), February 23, 1995 | Miscellanious | |
| 2005 | Fuchs, Rudi | Karel Appel. Opere 1991 – 2002 | exh. cat. Galleria Arte 92, Milan, 2005 |
Catalogue | |
| 1996 | Fuchs, Rudi | Appel. Figures et paysages | exh. cat. Galerie Lelong, Paris, 1996 |
Catalogue | |
| 1996 | Fuchs, Rudi | Karel Appel: Variazioni sul tema | with text by Rudi Fuchs (transcript/excerpt of radio broadcast from 1995), exh. cat. Fondazione Ambrosetti Arte Contemporanea, Brescia, Italy, 1996 |
Catalogue | |
| 1990 | Fuchs, Rudi | The influence of New York on Karel Appel | NRC Handelsblad | June 22, 1990 |
Article |
| 2006 | Fuchs, Rudi | Hemelpost | HP/De Tijd | December 22, 2006, p. 144 | Article |
| 2015 | Fuchs, Rudi | Esse est percipi. Kijken | De Groene Amsterdammer | July 29, 2015 | Article |
| 1997 | Fuchs, Rudi | L’antica storia dell’arte moderna | Art of the 20th Century. Flemish and Dutch Painting, Rizzoli, New York, 1997 | Article | |
| 1991 | Fuchs, Rudi | Karel Appel: Black & White Paintings | exh. cat. Marisa del Re Gallery, New York, 1991 |
Catalogue | |
| 1998 | Fuchs, Rudi | Karel Appel: Birth of a Landscape | with text by Rudi Fuchs (reprint from 1995), exh. cat. Galerie Ulysses, Vienna, 1998 |
Catalogue | |
| 2021 | Fuchs, Rudi | Distance Closer / Verte naderbij | exh. cat. Horizon of Tuscany, Slewe Gallery, Amsterdam, 2021 |
Catalogue | |
| 2002 | Fuchs, Rudi | Tussen kunstenaars. Een romance | (includes reprints from 1990 and 1996), De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam, 2002 | Miscellanious | |
| 2021 | Fuchs, Rudi | De pop van Appel | De Groene Amsterdammer | September 2, 2021 |
Article |
| 1978 | Fuchs, Rudi | Dutch Painting | Thames and Hudson Ltd, London, 1978, pp. 193, 195 | Miscellanious | |
| 2021 | Fuchs, Rudi | By Karel Appel, a Work in Fragments | exh. cat. Karel Appel: Life-Size and larger, Eenwerk Gallery, Amsterdam, 2021 |
Catalogue | |
| 2010 | Fuchs, Rudi | Fluwelige zachtheid | De Groene Amsterdammer | August 5, 2010, p. 43 | Article |
| 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 | |
| 2001 | Fuchs, Rudi & Gachnang, Johannes | Karel Appel, Pastorale Chiaroscuro | with texts by Rudi Fuchs (reworked text from 1995), Johannes Gachnang and letter by Jean Frémon, exh. cat. Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 2001 |
Catalogue | |
| 1997 | Fuchs, Rudi & Gachnang, Johannes & Kuspit, Donald | Karel Appel: Psychopathologisches Notizbuch. Zeichnungen und Gouachen 1948-1950 | Verlag Gachnang & Springer, Bern/Berlin, 1997. Co-published as Karel Appel: Art psychopathologique. Carnet 1948-1950. Dessins et gouaches, Editions Ides et Calendes, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 1997 |
Monograph | |
| 1999 | Fuchs, Rudi & Gachnang, Johannes & Kuspit, Donald | Karel Appel: Psychopathological Notebook | Verlag Gachnang & Springer, Bern/Berlin, 1999 |
Monograph | |
| 1998 | Fuchs, Rudi & Hartog, Arie & Kuspit, Donald | Sculptures without a Hero | with introduction by Erika Röder-Diruf, Martina Rudloff and Paul Scholten, exh. cat. Museum Beelden aan Zee, The Hague, 1998 |
Catalogue | |
| 2004 | Fuchs, Rudi & Lambrecht, Luk | Karel Appel. Onderweg. Reis van Rudi Fuchs langs de kunst der lage landen | exh. cat. Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 2004 |
Catalogue | |
| 1995 | Fuchs, Rudi & Rohsmann, Arnulf & Zigaina, Guiseppe | Karel Appel: Ich bin die Erde der alles entspringt | exh. cat. Galerie Ulysses, Vienna, Austria & Kärntner Landesgalerie Klagenfurt, Austria, 1995 & Moderna Galerija Ljubljana |
Catalogue | |
| 2005 | Fuchs, Rudi & Steininger, Florian | Karel Appel: Retrospective 1945 – 2005 | with texts by Rudi Fuchs (reprints from 1990 and 1995), Florian Steininger (reprint from 2002), exh. cat. Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum, Bratislava, 2005 |
Catalogue | |
| 1995 | Gachnang, Johannes | Karel Appel, Toskanischer Horizont | exh. cat. Galerie Lelong, Zürich, 1995 |
Catalogue | |
| 1998 | Gachnang, Johannes | Karel Appel a villa Medici | Carte d'Arte Internazionale | Gachnang, Johannes, et al (winter 1998/99) |
Article |