Selected bibliography
| Year | Author | Title | Source | Details | Type Sort descending |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Frankenstein, Alfred | Rambling Around Mexico City | San Francisco Chronicle | October 20, 1977 |
Article |
| 1991 | Hoffmann, Gabriele | Kraft aus der Tube | Stuttgarter Zeitung | July 3, 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 |
| 1964 | Lévêque, Jean-Jacques | Venise 1963: actualité de Cobra | XXe Siecle | year 26, # 23 (May 1964) |
Article |
| 2006 | Fuchs, Rudi | Hemelpost | HP/De Tijd | December 22, 2006, p. 144 | Article |
| 1982 | Houts, Cathérine van | Appel verkent 't sentiment | Het Parool | January 22, 1982 | Article |
| 1988 | Huser, France | L'Appel de l'oeil | Le Nouvel Observateur | # 1254, November 17-23, 1988 | Article |
| 1988 | Krebs, Patrick | Les yeux grands ouverts de Karel Appel | Artstudio | # 9 (summer 1988), pp. 112-121 | Article |
| 1994 | Klaster, Jan Bart | Kippen, koeien en dansers | Het Parool | October 3, 1994 | Article |
| 1977 | Jespersen, Gunnar | Karel Appel, Cobra | Gyldendal, Copenhagen, 1974, pp. 129-132 | Article | |
| 1991 | Huber, Alfred | Rot ist der Schrei nach Freiheit | Mannheimer Morgen | July 16, 1991 | Article |
| 1953 | Bowles, Paul | Paris! City of the Arts | Holiday | (April 1953), pp. 111–121 | 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 |
| 1982 | Klaster, Jan Bart | Opzienbarende comeback van Karel Appel | Het Parool | January 26, 1982 | Article |
| 1982 | Lambert, Jean-Clarence | Karel Appel. Le grognement de l’ours | Canal | # 45/46 (April 1982) |
Article |
| 1988 | Ragon, Michel | Les Annees 50 | Connaissance des Arts | numero special, 1988 | Article |
| 1994 | Melikian, Souren | Contemporary Arts: Back to 1980s? | International Herald Tribune | October 29-30, 1994, p. 10 | Article |
| 1977 | Kunstmann, Francoise | Entretien avec Karel Appel | Info Artitudes | (interview), # 19 (June 1977), p. 12 |
Article |
| 1991 | Kaiser, Franz-W | Over het zinnelijke in de kunst | Forum International | # 6 (January - February 1991), pp. 62-67 | Article |
| 1953 | Claus, Hugo | Ontmoeting met Karel Appel | Het Laatste Nieuws | (interview), Het Laatste Nieuws, November 4, 1953 | Article |
| 1965 | Claus, Hugo | Mélancolie et Fureur d'Appel | XXième Siècle | # 25 (June 1965), pp. 105-106 |
Article |
| 2006 | Redl, Thomas | Jenseits der Vergänglichkeit: Karel Appels letzte Bilder | ST/A/R | Wien, # 12/2006, p. 7 |
Article |
| 1988 | Verdet, André | Des lumières et des vibrations | New Art International | (interview), # 1/2 (May - June 1988) | 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 | |
| 1994 | Miller, Richard | Christian Karel Appel | Cobra, Nouvelles Editions Francaises, Paris, 1994, pp. 134-136 | Article | |
| 1977 | Towarnicki, Frédéric de | Appel, l'Anti-Robot | Connaissance des Arts | (interview), Paris, 1977 |
Article |
| 1991 | Kuspit, Donald | Karel Appel at the Gemeentemuseum | Artforum International | (review) (March 1991), p. 145 | 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 |
| 1965 | Geirlandt, Karel | Karel Appel: Vliegende Man, 1958 | Openbaar kunstbezit Vlaanderen, 1965 | Article | |
| 1983 | Ashton, Dore | Affirmation and Apocalypse in Karel Appel's Recent Paintings | Arts Magazine | # 8 (April 1983) pp. 68-69 | Article |
| 1988 | Vila San-Juan, Sergio | Karel Appel: El movimiento de la brocha o el pincel lo contiene todo | La Vanguardia | February 23, 1988 | Article |
| 1960 | Alvard, Julien | De l'anarchie considérée comme un des beaux arts | Art International | vol. 4, # 6, 1960 | Article |
| 2001 | Schumacher, Rogier | Karel Appel: Pastorale Chiaroscuro | Bulletin Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam | # 3, 2001 | Article |
| 1986 | Hurlburt, Roger | A Bite of the Appel | News/Sun-Sentinel | September 28, 1986 | Article |
| 1991 | Lahusen, Margarita | Karel Appel, Portrait Emmanuel Looten 1956 | Kleine Werkmonographie 78, Städelsches Kunstinstitut und Städtische Galerie, Frankfurt am Main, 1991 | Article | |
| 1997 | Fuchs, Rudi | L’antica storia dell’arte moderna | Art of the 20th Century. Flemish and Dutch Painting, Rizzoli, New York, 1997 | Article | |
| 1965 | Hoffmann, Edith | Karel Appel at Amsterdam | The Burlington Magazine | vol. 107, # 750 (September 1965), pp. 484-482 | 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 |
| 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 | |
| 1960 | Lucebert | Drift op Zolder en Vragende Kinderen | Museumjournaal | (poem), series 5, # 10 (May 1960) | Article |
| 2001 | Schweighöfer, Kerstin | Der Maler, der die Leinwand stürmte | ART das Kunstmagazin | # 4 (April 2001) | 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 | |
| 1997 | Wieg, Rogi | Het leven is een gloeilamp | Het Parool | January 24, 1997, p. 17 | Article |
| 1965 | Hoffmann, Hans | Appelboom in Vondelpark | Panorama | year 52, # 14, April 3, 1965, pp. 34-5 | Article |
| 2007 | Donkers, Jan | Liever een Karel Appel Museum | Het Parool | February 14, 2007 | 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 |
Article | |
| 1960 | Onnen, Frank | Karel Appel. Levensloop en œuvre | Elsevier | July 23, 1960 | Article |