Selected bibliography
| Year | Author | Title | Source | Details | Type Sort descending |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Rouve, Pierre | Of Appel and Tradition | Art News and Review (April 1957) | Article | |
| 1987 | Verhofstad, Juliette | Appelbar, 1951 | Op het tweede gezicht | a bulletin published by the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, March 1987, pp. 203-206 | Article |
| 2000 | Kayzer, Wim | Karel Appel. Je bent er en je bent er niet | Het boek van de schoonheid en de troost | Uitgeverij Contact, Amsterdam/Antwerp, 2000, pp. 158-166 | Article |
| 2011 | Goossens, Guido | Monumentale kunst | In opdracht: zestig jaar percentageregeling beeldende kunst bij Rijksgebouwen, SUN, Amsterdam, 2011, pp. 317-321 | Article | |
| 1974 | Kelly, Mary Lou | Modern Masters' ‘Primal Images’ | The Christian Science Monitor | Article | |
| 1949 | Voskuil, J.J. | Een omstreden wandschildering | Kroniek van Kunst en Kultuur | year 10, # 6 (June 1949) |
Article |
| 2000 | Lamorée, Jhim | Het interview: Karel Appel | PS van de week | (supplement to Het Parool), September 2, 2000, pp. 16-20 | Article |
| 1991 | Barten, Walter | Verftube als raket | Financieel Dagblad | January 14, 1991 | Article |
| 1963 | Elsken, Ed van der | Karel Appel. Ein Bildbericht mit 1 Farbphoto und 8 Schwarzweissaufnahmen | Du | year 23, # 271 (September 1963) |
Article |
| 1994 | Arian, Max | Liefde voor al wat rauw is | De Groene Amsterdammer | (interview), # 46, November 16, 1994 | Article |
| 2000 | Turner, Jonathan | Karel Appel: Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam | ARTnews | (review) (November 2000), p. 218 | Article |
| 1958 | Alloway, Lawrence | London Exhibitions | Art International | vol. 2, # 8 (November 1958) | Article |
| 1975 | Kramer, Hilton | No one denies that painting is a material medium | (review), New York Times, September 20, 1975 | Article | |
| 1991 | Blom, Ansuya | Einfach Kompliziert | Kunst- en Museumjournaal | # 5 (February 1991) | Article |
| 1996 | Arcisto, Suni | Karel Appel. L'idea ed il colore | Disegno & Pittura | year 2, # 7, (July - August 1996), pp. 31-33 | 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 |
| 1950 | Dotremont, Christian | L’affaire Appel | Le petit cobra, # 3 | Brussels (spring 1950) |
Article |
| 1963 | Gans, Louis | De mythe van Karel Appel’s ’anrotzooien’ | Album Discipulorum aangeboden aan Professor Dr J.G. Van Gelder, Haentjes Dekker & Gumbert, Utrecht, February 27, 1963, pp. 179-185 | Article | |
| 1994 | Caprile, Luciano | Il Bello e la Bestia | Arte | (winter 1994) | Article |
| 2012 | Giersbergen, Wilma van | Kunstonderwijs en studenten: 1945-1998 | Rotterdamse meesters. Twee eeuwen kunstacademie in Rotterdam 1773 – 1998, Primavera Pers, Leiden, 2012, pp. 185-200 | Article | |
| 1958 | Burrey, Suzanne | Karel Appel. Dutch Muralist | Architectural Record | vol. 123 (January 1958) | Article |
| 1991 | Bode, Ursula | Eine Substanz die Wärme transportiert | Süddeutsche Zeitung | # 167, July 22, 1991 | Article |
| 1996 | Lhote, P | Essai sur le mouvement Cobra. L’ emploi de la couleur chez Asger Jorn, Karel Appel et Pierre Alechinsky | Europäische Hochschulschriften | vol. XXVIII, # 244, 1996 | Article |
| 2006 | Fuchs, Rudi | Hemelpost | HP/De Tijd | December 22, 2006, p. 144 | Article |
| 2024 | Ebbink, Hans | Een Kwadraat-Blad dat niet verscheen | Rode Haring, nr.12 | Article | |
| 1963 | Gasser, Manuel | Wie man Karel Appel ignoriert | Du | year 23, # 271 (September 1963) |
Article |
| 1988 | Armengaud, Françoise | Entretien avec Karel Appel | Titres | (interview), Edition Meridiens Klincksieck, Paris, series «Esthétique», 1988, pp. 143-157 | Article |
| 1994 | Hoogendijk, Ferry | Karel Appel: 'Ik heb Van Gogh in Mondriaan ontdekt' | Art and Value | (interview) year 2, # 2 (summer 1994) | Article |
| 1958 | Jaffé, H.C.L. | Rencontre au printemps de Karel Appel | Quadrum | Les arts plastiques au nouveau siège de l'Unesco, a special issue of Quadrum, # 6, 1958 | Article |
| 1985 | Dank, Ralf | Aus dem Chaos wächst das Bild | Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger | (interview), # 229/20, October 3, 1985, p. 20 | Article |
| 1991 | Borras, Maria Lluïsa | La pintura como grito de pasión | La Vanguardia | October 8, 1991 | Article |
| 1996 | Vagheggi, Paolo | Il mio colore è tutto un jazz | La Repubblica | May 27, 1996 | Article |
| 2006 | Imanse, Geurt | Karel Appel | Stedelijk Museum Bulletin | # 3, 2006 | Article |
| 1963 | Ragon, Michel | J'ai pris un modèle pour me liberer de l'abstraction | Arts | # 918 (May – June 1963) | Article |
| 1988 | Cabanne, Pierre | Karel Appel. Haute tension | Elle | # 2238, November 28, 1988 | Article |
| 1994 | Klaster, Jan Bart | Kippen, koeien en dansers | Het Parool | October 3, 1994 | Article |
| 2013 | Lehmann-Brockhaus, Ursula | Karel Appel | Incontro internazionale della ceramica, Albisola, Sommer 1954. Appel, Baj, Corneille, Dangelo, Jorn, Matta in der Werkstatt Mazzotti Giuseppe, Campisano Editore, Rome, 2013, pp. 21-45; 171-180 | Article | |
| 1958 | Vinkenoog, Simon | Omstreden verschijnsel: Karel Appel uit de doeken | Haagse Post | January 18, 1958, pp. 13-15 | 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 | |
| 1991 | Bufill, Juan | La realidad de Karel Appel | ABC | October 24, 1991 | Article |
| 2006 | Redl, Thomas | Jenseits der Vergänglichkeit: Karel Appels letzte Bilder | ST/A/R | Wien, # 12/2006, p. 7 |
Article |
| 1951 | Ragon, Michel | Expression et Non-Figuration. Problemes et Tendances de l'Art d'Aujourd'hui | Edition de la Revue Neuf | Article | |
| 1963 | Staber, Margrit | Die «Nudes» von Karel Appel | Art International | VII, # 8, October 25, 1963, pp. 88-89 | Article |
| 1989 | Hahn, Otto | Peinture à la tronçonneuse | L'Express | # 1952, December 2-8, 1988 | Article |
| 1994 | Melikian, Souren | Contemporary Arts: Back to 1980s? | International Herald Tribune | October 29-30, 1994, p. 10 | Article |
| 1985 | Kuspit, Donald | Atomic Weather: Karel Appel | Art in America | # 4 (April 1985), pp. 160-163 | Article |
| 1991 | Depondt, Paul | Karel Appel de retour aux Pays-Bas | Septentrion | year 20, # 1, 1991 | Article |
| 1952 | Jaffé, H.C.L. | Fifty years of Dutch Painting | The Studio | vol. 143, # 710 (May 1952), pp. 129-135 |
Article |
| 1988 | Hunter, Sam | Karel Appel In the Spirit of our Time | Arts Magazine | (January 1988)(reprint from 1986) | Article |
| 1994 | Miller, Richard | Christian Karel Appel | Cobra, Nouvelles Editions Francaises, Paris, 1994, pp. 134-136 | Article |