Selected bibliography
| Year | Author | Title | Source Sort descending | Details | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | Tapié, Michel | Karel Appel: First American Exhibition | with text by Michel Tapié (reprint from exh. cat. Studio Paul Fachetti, 1954), exh. cat. Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, 1954 |
Catalogue | |
| 2000 | Houts, Cathérine van | Karel Appel. De Biografie | Uitgeverij Contact, Amsterdam, 2000 | Monograph | |
| 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 | |
| 1990 | Kuspit, Donald | Karel Appel's Significance in the History of Expressionism | (lecture for the exhibition If I Were a Bird, Gemeente Museum Den Haag, The Hague), 1990 (unpublished) | Miscellanious | |
| 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 | |
| 1991 | Fuchs, Rudi | Karel Appel: Black & White Paintings | exh. cat. Marisa del Re Gallery, New York, 1991 |
Catalogue | |
| 1961 | Lucebert | Karel Appel | with text by Lucebert (first publication of text from 1950 and excerpt of poem from 1960), exh. cat. Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands & Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, 1961 | Catalogue | |
| 1978 | Appel & Alechinsky. Encres a deux pinceaux | with foreword by Christian Dotremont and poems by Hugo Claus, Yves Rivière, Paris, 1978. Co-published as Zwart, Landshoff, Bentveld-Aerdenhout, 1978 and as Appel & Alechinsky. Two-brush paintings, Yves Rivière, Paris, 1980 | Miscellanious | ||
| 1982 | Appel, Karel | Océan Blesseé | with a letter by Christian Dotremont (excerpt from 1967), Éditions Galilée, Paris, 1982 |
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 | |
| 2016 | Ottmann, Klaus | Karel Appel. A Gesture of Color. Paintings and Sculptures, 1947-2004 | exh. cat. The Phillips Collection, Washington, 2016 |
Catalogue | |
| 1967 | Sandberg, Willem | Karel Appel | with text by Willem Sandberg (excerpt from 1961), exh. cat. Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, 1967 |
Catalogue | |
| 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 | |
| 1988 | Hunter, Sam | Karel Appel In the Spirit of our Time | Arts Magazine | (January 1988)(reprint from 1986) | 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 |
| 1991 | Barten, Walter | Verftube als raket | Financieel Dagblad | January 14, 1991 | Article |
| 2015 | Crochet, Alexander | Karel Appel s’effeuille au Centre Pompidou | Le Quotidien de l’Art | (review), # 930, October 27, 2015 | Article |
| 1984 | Dypreau, Jean | Karel Appel ou le bel aujourd'hui | +/o | year XI, # 40 (June 1984), p. 13 |
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 |
| 1991 | Bufill, Juan | La realidad de Karel Appel | ABC | October 24, 1991 | Article |
| 1970 | Meyere, Jos A. L. de & Vinkenoog, Simon | Appel’s Oogappels | Appel’s Oogappels | (reprint from 1963), exh. cat. Centraal Museum, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 1970 |
Catalogue |
| 1987 | Ratcliff, Carter | Artist's Dialogue: Karel Appel -Optimism and Apocalypse- | Architectural Digest | (April 1987), p. 44 | Article |
| 1958 | Burrey, Suzanne | Karel Appel. Dutch Muralist | Architectural Record | vol. 123 (January 1958) | Article |
| 1986 | Martin, Rupert | Apocalypse Now. Appel in the eighties | Arnolfini Preview | # 6 (October 1986), pp. 4-5 | Article |
| 1994 | Hoogendijk, Ferry | Karel Appel: 'Ik heb Van Gogh in Mondriaan ontdekt' | Art and Value | (interview) year 2, # 2 (summer 1994) | Article |
| 2001 | Schweighöfer, Kerstin | Der Maler, der die Leinwand stürmte | ART das Kunstmagazin | # 4 (April 2001) | Article |
| 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 | Kuspit, Donald | Atomic Weather: Karel Appel | Art in America | # 4 (April 1985), pp. 160-163 | Article |
| 1958 | Alloway, Lawrence | London Exhibitions | Art International | vol. 2, # 8 (November 1958) | Article |
| 1963 | Staber, Margrit | Die «Nudes» von Karel Appel | Art International | VII, # 8, October 25, 1963, pp. 88-89 | Article |
| 1960 | Alvard, Julien | De l'anarchie considérée comme un des beaux arts | Art International | vol. 4, # 6, 1960 | Article |
| 1989 | Lamarque-Mouzon, Mary Lou | Karel Appel, le vertige du noir | Art Thèmes | (interview)(October - November 1989), p. 15 | Article |
| 1984 | Lamarque-Mouzon, Mary-Lou | Karel Appel, Une certaine liberté de propos | Art Thèmes | (interview) 1984, pp. 14-15 | Article |
| 1987 | Lamarque-Mouzon, Mary-Lou | La 'saisie' Karel Appel | Art Thèmes | (June - July 1987), p. 11 | Article |
| 1994 | Caprile, Luciano | Il Bello e la Bestia | Arte | (winter 1994) | Article |
| 1987 | Caprile, Luciano | I Maestri di oggi | Arte | # 175 (June 1987) | Article |
| 2014 | Kitnick, Alex | Karel Appel. Blum & Poe | Artforum | vol. 53, # 3 (November 2014), pp. 275-276 | Article |
| 1993 | Kuspit, Donald | Karel Appel at André Emmerich Gallery | Artforum International | (review) # 6 (February 1993), p. 96 | Article |
| 1991 | Kuspit, Donald | Karel Appel at the Gemeentemuseum | Artforum International | (review) (March 1991), p. 145 | Article |
| 2000 | Turner, Jonathan | Karel Appel: Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam | ARTnews | (review) (November 2000), p. 218 | Article |
| 1993 | Dannatt, Adrian | Karel Appel at André Emmerich Gallery | ARTnews | (review), vol. 92, # 3 (March 1993) | Article |
| 1963 | Ragon, Michel | J'ai pris un modèle pour me liberer de l'abstraction | Arts | # 918 (May – June 1963) | Article |
| 1968 | Ashton, Dore | Cobra in Context | Arts magazine | (February 1968), pp. 106-109 |
Article |
| 1983 | Ashton, Dore | Affirmation and Apocalypse in Karel Appel's Recent Paintings | Arts Magazine | # 8 (April 1983) pp. 68-69 | Article |
| 1984 | Jamie, Rasaad | Appel Now | Artscribe | (interview), # 45 (February - April 1984), pp. 41-47 | Article |
| 1988 | Krebs, Patrick | Les yeux grands ouverts de Karel Appel | Artstudio | # 9 (summer 1988), pp. 112-121 | Article |
| 1990 | Lyotard, Jean-François | Sans Appel | Artstudio | (reprint from 1989), # 18 (autumn 1990) | Article |
| 1995 | Pentz, Mimi | Karel Appel Sculpture | Artvoice | vol. 6, issue 2, January 18-31, 1995 | Article |
| 1987 | Restany, Pierre | Karel Appel, le CoBrA collecteur | Beaux Arts Magazine | # 47 (June 1987), pp. 56-61 | Article |
| 2002 | Schumacher, Rogier | Karel Appel, z.t., 1970 | Beelden in Rotterdam | Uitgeverij 010, Rotterdam, 2002, pp. 124-125 |
Article |