Selected bibliography
| Year | Author | Title Sort descending | Source | Details | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Blom, Ansuya | Einfach Kompliziert | Kunst- en Museumjournaal | # 5 (February 1991) | Article |
| 1977 | Lambert, Jean-Clarence | Éloge de la Folie | Yves Rivière, Paris, 1977 | Monograph | |
| 1977 | Kunstmann, Francoise | Entretien avec Karel Appel | Info Artitudes | (interview), # 19 (June 1977), p. 12 |
Article |
| 1988 | Armengaud, Françoise | Entretien avec Karel Appel | Titres | (interview), Edition Meridiens Klincksieck, Paris, series «Esthétique», 1988, pp. 143-157 | Article |
| 1991 | Spiegel, Olga | Entrevista a Karel Appel, pintor | La Vanguardia | (interview) September 27, 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 |
| 2015 | Fuchs, Rudi | Esse est percipi. Kijken | De Groene Amsterdammer | July 29, 2015 | Article |
| 1956 | Tapié, Michel | Esthétique en devenir | Dau al set | Barcelona, 1956 | Article |
| 2004 | Roodenburg-Schadd, Caroline | Expressie en ordening. Het verzamelbeleid van Willem Sandberg voor het Stedelijk Museum 1945-1962 | NAi Uitgevers, Rotterdam, 2004 | Miscellanious | |
| 1951 | Ragon, Michel | Expression et Non-Figuration. Problemes et Tendances de l'Art d'Aujourd'hui | Edition de la Revue Neuf | Article | |
| 1981 | Towarnicki, Frederic de | Fenêtres | (interview), 1981 (unpublished) | Miscellanious | |
| 1952 | Jaffé, H.C.L. | Fifty years of Dutch Painting | The Studio | vol. 143, # 710 (May 1952), pp. 129-135 |
Article |
| 2010 | Fuchs, Rudi | Fluwelige zachtheid | De Groene Amsterdammer | August 5, 2010, p. 43 | Article |
| 1995 | Huntington, Richard | Found and Fury | The Buffalo News | January 13, 1995 | Article |
| 1989 | Re, Marisa del | Four Questions and Answers | Essere | (interview), not dated |
Article |
| 1995 | Steiner, Bertram Karl | Geschöpft aus der Ursuppe der Avantgarde | Kärntner Tageszeitung | November 29, 1995 | Article |
| 2006 | Fuchs, Rudi | Hemelpost | HP/De Tijd | December 22, 2006, p. 144 | Article |
| 1977 | Wingen, Ed | Het Gezicht van Appel | Van Spijk, Venlo, 1977 | Monograph | |
| 2000 | Lamorée, Jhim | Het interview: Karel Appel | PS van de week | (supplement to Het Parool), September 2, 2000, pp. 16-20 | Article |
| 1997 | Wieg, Rogi | Het leven is een gloeilamp | Het Parool | January 24, 1997, p. 17 | Article |
| 1982 | Beeren, Wim | Het Nieuwe Werk van Karel Appel 1979 – 1981 | exh. cat. Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 1982 |
Catalogue | |
| 2004 | Braet, Jan | Het paradijs is nu | Knack | (interview with Rudi Fuchs and Karel Appel), # 41, October 6, 2004, pp. 124–128 |
Article |
| 2007 | Jacobs, Katrien | Het postverkeer tussen Machelen-aan-de-Leie en… | Hugo Claus, Roger Raveel. Brieven 1947-1962, Ludion, Antwerpen, 2007, pp. 7-30 | Article | |
| 1963 | Vinkenoog, Simon | Het verhaal van Karel Appel. Een Proeve van Waarneming | A.W. Bruna & Zoon, Utrecht, 1963 | Monograph | |
| 1990 | Illés, Vera | Het zwart van Karel Appel | Elsevier | (interview) vol. 46, # 51-52, December 22, 1990 | 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 |
| 1995 | Hess, Ewa | Ich erfinde die Welt... | Berner Zeitung | (interview), October 14, 1995 | Article |
| 1990 | Heyting, Lien | Ik wilde het landschap laten dansen | NRC Handelsblad | (interview) NRC Handelsblad, Cultureel Supplement, December 7, 1990 | Article |
| 1990 | Appel, Karel & Claus, Hugo & Fuchs, Rudi & Hunter, Sam & Lucebert & Kaiser, Franz-W. | Ik wou dat Ik een Vogel was (If I were a bird) | with texts by Karel Appel (reprint from 1971), Hugo Claus (reprint from 1962), Rudi Fuchs, Sam Hunter (reprint from 1986), Lucebert (reprints from 1960 and 1965), Franz-W. Kaiser, exh. cat. Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, 1990 & Josef Haubrich Kunsthalle, Cologne & Fundació Juan Miró, Barcelona |
Catalogue | |
| 1994 | Caprile, Luciano | Il Bello e la Bestia | Arte | (winter 1994) | Article |
| 1996 | Vagheggi, Paolo | Il mio colore è tutto un jazz | La Repubblica | May 27, 1996 | Article |
| 1984 | Baj, Enrico | Imbratto tele ma discendo da Van Gogh | Corriere della Sera | (interview), not dated |
Article |
| 1995 | Grunberg, Arnon | In gesprek met Karel Appel | VPRO Gids | (interview), # 15, April 15, 1995 | Article |
| 2004 | Gollin, Rob | In het Paleis stoten schilderijen elkaar wakker | de Volkskrant | art section, October 14, 2004, pp. 16-17 | Article |
| 1951 | Internationale d’ Art Experimental | Palais des Beaux-Arts, Liège, Belgium, 1951 |
Catalogue | ||
| 1995 | Fuchs, Rudi | Interview with Karel Appel | (radio broadcast for VPRO “De Avonden”), February 23, 1995 | Miscellanious | |
| 1984 | Bordaz, Jean-Pierre | Interview with Karel Appel | Flash Art, French edition | # 3 (spring 1984) | Article |
| 1987 | Kontova, Helena & Politi, Giancarlo | Interview with Karel Appel | Flash Art | international edition, # 134 (May 1987), pp. 50-53 |
Article |
| 1963 | Ragon, Michel | J'ai pris un modèle pour me liberer de l'abstraction | Arts | # 918 (May – June 1963) | 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 |
| 2006 | Redl, Thomas | Jenseits der Vergänglichkeit: Karel Appels letzte Bilder | ST/A/R | Wien, # 12/2006, p. 7 |
Article |
| 1993 | Vrijman, Jan | Joop Colson, bohémien en regent | Groeneveld, herinneringen aan een landhuis in Baarn. 1946-1961, Hermen Molendijk Stichting / Centrum Beeldende Kunst Amersfoort, 1993 | Article | |
| 1961 | Boudaille, George | K. Appel | with text by George Boudaille (reprint from Cimaise, 1961), exh. cat. Galleria dell 'Ariete, Milan, 1961 |
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 | |
| 1992 | Cotter, Holland | Karel Appel | New York Times | review, December 25, 1992 | Article |
| 1992 | Thorn-Petit, Liliane | Karel Appel | (excerpt from interview for RTL Television, Luxembourg), Portraits d’artistes, Editions Serpenoise, Metz, 1992 | Article | |
| 1953 | Claus, Hugo & Tapié, Michel | Karel Appel | Palais des Beaux-Arts | exh. cat. Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 1953 |
Catalogue |
| 1955 | Tapié, Michel | Karel Appel | with poems by Emmanuel Looten, Hugo Claus, exh. cat. Galerie Rive Droite, Paris & Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam 1955 |
Catalogue | |
| 1958 | Sandberg, Willem | Karel Appel | exh. cat. Galerie Änne Abels, Cologne, 1958 |
Catalogue |