Selected bibliography
| Year | Author | Title | Source | Details | Type Sort descending |
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| 1988 | Vila San-Juan, Sergio | Karel Appel: El movimiento de la brocha o el pincel lo contiene todo | La Vanguardia | February 23, 1988 | Article |
| 1995 | Misar, Grete | Alterswerk eines Giganten | Die Furche | December 7, 1995 | Article |
| 2004 | Kuspit, Donald | The decline of the cult of the unconscious: running on empty | The End of Art, Camebridge, 2004, pp. 89-142 | 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 | Lambert, Jean-Clarence | La voie de la main gauche | Le règne Imaginal, part 1 and 2. Éditions Cercle d'Art, Paris, series «Diagonales», 1991, pp. 115-140 (reprint from 1978) | Article | |
| 1993 | Dannatt, Adrian | Karel Appel at André Emmerich Gallery | ARTnews | (review), vol. 92, # 3 (March 1993) | Article |
| 1983 | Dagen, Philippe | Karel Appel | Le Gustidien de Paris | (review), # 1268, December 22, 1983 |
Article |
| 1988 | Vrijman, Jan | De vrijheidsschreeuw van Cobra en de behangselcultuur van nu | Het Parool | November 9, 1988 | Article |
| 1964 | Citroen, Paul | Appel or Citroen | Delta. A Review of Arts Life and Thought in the Netherlands | # 1 (spring 1964), pp. 13-23 |
Article |
| 1995 | Pasini, Roberto | Appel | L'Informale: Stati Uniti, Europa, Italia | CLUEB, Bologna, Italy, 1995, pp. 274-276 | Article |
| 2004 | Monnin, Francoise | Karel Appel, un bricoleur artiste | Connaisance des Arts | # 621 (November 2004), pp. 52 – 59 | Article |
| 2015 | Crochet, Alexander | Karel Appel s’effeuille au Centre Pompidou | Le Quotidien de l’Art | (review), # 930, October 27, 2015 | Article |
| 1986 | Raynor, Vivien | Karel Appel paintings on show | New York Times | March 28, 1986 | Article |
| 1991 | Medina, Raquel | Retrospectiva de Karel Appel en la Fundació Miró | Diario de Tarragona | October 31, 1991 | Article |
| 1977 | Frankenstein, Alfred | Rambling Around Mexico City | San Francisco Chronicle | October 20, 1977 |
Article |
| 1993 | Houts, Cathérine van | Appel: ik twijfel tot de laatste lik | Het Parool | February 16, 1993 | 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 |
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| 1964 | Lévêque, Jean-Jacques | Venise 1963: actualité de Cobra | XXe Siecle | year 26, # 23 (May 1964) |
Article |
| 1995 | Pentz, Mimi | Karel Appel Sculpture | Artvoice | vol. 6, issue 2, January 18-31, 1995 | Article |
| 2004 | Pietrzak, Brigitte & Villemur, Frédérique | L’Expérience matiériste | Paul Facchetti: Le studio. Art informel at abstraction Lyrique, Actes Sud, Arles (Bouches-du-Rhône), 2004, pp. 56-85 |
Article | |
| 2015 | Fuchs, Rudi | Esse est percipi. Kijken | De Groene Amsterdammer | July 29, 2015 | Article |
| 1986 | Martin, Rupert | Apocalypse Now. Appel in the eighties | Arnolfini Preview | # 6 (October 1986), pp. 4-5 | Article |
| 1991 | Serra, Catalina | Karel Appel Pintor | El Pais | September 27, 1991 | Article |
| 1977 | Jespersen, Gunnar | Karel Appel, Cobra | Gyldendal, Copenhagen, 1974, pp. 129-132 | Article | |
| 1993 | Kuspit, Donald | Karel Appel at André Emmerich Gallery | Artforum International | (review) # 6 (February 1993), p. 96 | Article |
| 2000 | Brouwer, Aart | Nationale wildeman. Profiel: Karel Appel | De Groene Amsterdammer | September 16, 2000 | 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 |
| 1953 | Bowles, Paul | Paris! City of the Arts | Holiday | (April 1953), pp. 111–121 | Article |
| 1995 | Steiner, Bertram Karl | Geschöpft aus der Ursuppe der Avantgarde | Kärntner Tageszeitung | November 29, 1995 | Article |
| 1960 | Sawyer, Kenneth B. | Karel Appel: Paintings 1955–1960 and Recent Gouaches | exh. cat. Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, 1960 |
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| 1960 | Neuburg, Hans & Ragon, Michel | Karel Appel | with texts by Hans Neuburg (preprint from 1959), Michel Ragon (reprint from 1958), exh. cat. Galleria Lorenzelli, Bergamo, Italy, 1960 |
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| 2005 | Fuchs, Rudi | Karel Appel. Opere 1991 – 2002 | exh. cat. Galleria Arte 92, Milan, 2005 |
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| 2016 | Kaiser, Franz-W. & Fuchs, Rudi & Ottmann, Klaus | Karel Appel Retrospectief / Karel Appel Retrospective | exh. cat. Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, 2016 |
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| 1987 | Beeren, Wim & Claus, Hugo & Hunter, Sam & Martin, Rupert | Karel Appel Dipinti, Sculpture e Collagi | with foreword by Rudi Fuchs, texts by Wim Beeren (reprint from 1982), Hugo Claus (reprint from 1962), Sam Hunter (reprint from 1986), Rupert Martin (reprint from exh. cat. Arnolfini Gallery, 1986), exh. cat. Castello di Rivoli, Turin, 1987 |
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| 1978 | Wingen, Ed | Dreissig Jahre Karel Appel | with text by Ed Wingen (reprint from 1977), exh. cat. Saarland Museum, Saarbrücken, Germany, 1978 & Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn & Kunsthalle, Wilhelmshaven, Germany |
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| 1994 | Appel, Karel & Claus, Hugo & Fuchs, Rudi & Hunter, Sam & McCormick, Carlo | Karel Appel Retrospective | with texts by Karel Appel (reprint from 1971), Hugo Claus (reprint from 1962), Rudi Fuchs (reprint from 1990), Sam Hunter (reworked text from 1986), Carlo McCormick (reprint from 1990), exh. cat. The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, 1994 |
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| 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 |
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| 1954 | Doelman, Cornelis | Olanda | exh. cat. Biennale di Venezia XXVII, 1954 |
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| 1996 | Fuchs, Rudi | Appel. Figures et paysages | exh. cat. Galerie Lelong, Paris, 1996 |
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| 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 |
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| 2016 | Ottmann, Klaus | Karel Appel. A Gesture of Color. Paintings and Sculptures, 1947-2004 | exh. cat. The Phillips Collection, Washington, 2016 |
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| 1987 | Kuspit, Donald | Karel Appel: Recent Paintings and Sculpture | exh. cat. Marisa del Re Gallery, New York, 1987 |
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| 1992 | Wilson, Sarah | Parallel Visions. Modern Artists and Outsider Art | with texts by Sarah Wilson et al., exh. cat. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1992 & Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid & Kunsthalle Basel & Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo |
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| 1978 | Dypreau, Jean | Karel Appel. Peintures et sculptures | exh. cat. Fondation Chateau de Jau, Cases-de-Pène, France, 1978 |
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| 1994 | Teh-Yu Wang, David | A Retrospective of Karel Appel | with preface by Tsai-Lang Huan and introduction by Rudi Fuchs, exh. cat. Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan, 1994 |
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| 1984 | Jónsdóttir, Selma & Meijer, Ischa | Karel Appel | with texts by Selma Jónsdóttir, Ischa Meijer (reprint from April 1984), Listasafn, Reykjavik, Iceland, 1984 |
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| 1954 | Tapié, Michel | Appel | exh. cat. Studio Paul Fachetti, Paris, 1954 |
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| 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 |
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| 2006 | Heymer, Kay | The Guggenheim. Die Sammlung | with texts by Kay Heymer et al., exh. cat. Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Kunstmuseum Bonn, 2006 |
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| 1996 | Baum, Peter & Kaiser, Franz-W. | Karel Appel. Gemälde, Gouachen, Zeichnungen 1950-1965 | with texts by Peter Baum, Franz-W. Kaiser (transcript of speech from 1994), exh. cat. BAWAG Foundation, Vienna, 1996 |
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