Selected bibliography
| Year | Author | Title | Source | Details | Type Sort descending |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Jaffé, H.C.L. | Fifty years of Dutch Painting | The Studio | vol. 143, # 710 (May 1952), pp. 129-135 |
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 |
| 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 |
| 1989 | Hahn, Otto | Peinture à la tronçonneuse | L'Express | # 1952, December 2-8, 1988 | Article |
| 2015 | Crochet, Alexander | Karel Appel s’effeuille au Centre Pompidou | Le Quotidien de l’Art | (review), # 930, October 27, 2015 | 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 |
| 2000 | Lamorée, Jhim | Het interview: Karel Appel | PS van de week | (supplement to Het Parool), September 2, 2000, pp. 16-20 | Article |
| 1988 | Hunter, Sam | Karel Appel In the Spirit of our Time | Arts Magazine | (January 1988)(reprint from 1986) | Article |
| 2015 | Fuchs, Rudi | Esse est percipi. Kijken | De Groene Amsterdammer | July 29, 2015 | 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 |
| 1991 | Hoffmann, Gabriele | Kraft aus der Tube | Stuttgarter Zeitung | July 3, 1991 | Article |
| 1977 | Frankenstein, Alfred | Rambling Around Mexico City | San Francisco Chronicle | October 20, 1977 |
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 |
| 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 |
| 2015 | Smith, Roberta | Cobra Artists Worked With a Passionate Style to Match Their Name | New York Times | October 8, 2015 | Article |
| 1964 | Lévêque, Jean-Jacques | Venise 1963: actualité de Cobra | XXe Siecle | year 26, # 23 (May 1964) |
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 |
| 1991 | Huber, Alfred | Rot ist der Schrei nach Freiheit | Mannheimer Morgen | July 16, 1991 | Article |
| 1977 | Jespersen, Gunnar | Karel Appel, Cobra | Gyldendal, Copenhagen, 1974, pp. 129-132 | Article | |
| 1994 | Caprile, Luciano | Il Bello e la Bestia | Arte | (winter 1994) | Article |
| 1982 | Klaster, Jan Bart | Opzienbarende comeback van Karel Appel | Het Parool | January 26, 1982 | Article |
| 1988 | Krebs, Patrick | Les yeux grands ouverts de Karel Appel | Artstudio | # 9 (summer 1988), pp. 112-121 | Article |
| 1962 | Dotremont, Christian | "Cobra" | L'Oeuil. Revue d'art | # 96 (December 1962), pp.56-65 |
Article |
| 1953 | Bowles, Paul | Paris! City of the Arts | Holiday | (April 1953), pp. 111–121 | Article |
| 1986 | Beeren, Wim & Hunter, Sam | Recent Paintings and Sculpture; Clouds, Windmill, Nudes and Other Mythologies | with texts by Wim Beeren, Sam Hunter (reworked text from exh. cat. Marisa del Re, 1986), exh. cat. Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 1986 |
Catalogue | |
| 1960 | Sawyer, Kenneth B. | Karel Appel: Paintings 1955–1960 and Recent Gouaches | exh. cat. Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, 1960 |
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| 2001 | Kaiser, Franz-W. | Karel Appel: Beelden 1936–2000 | with text by Franz-W. Kaiser (excerpt from 1998), exh. cat. Cobra Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Amstelveen, The Netherlands |
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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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| 1986 | Martin, Rupert & Verdet, André | Karel Appel: paintings 1980-85 | with foreword by Alan Bowness and texts by Rupert Martin, André Verdet (reprint of interview from 1985), exh. cat. Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol, 1986 & Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin |
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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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| 2001 | Fuchs, Rudi & Gachnang, Johannes | Karel Appel, Pastorale Chiaroscuro | with texts by Rudi Fuchs (reworked text from 1995), Johannes Gachnang and letter by Jean Frémon, exh. cat. Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 2001 |
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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 |
Catalogue | |
| 1954 | Doelman, Cornelis | Olanda | exh. cat. Biennale di Venezia XXVII, 1954 |
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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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| 2001 | Hofland, H. J. A. & Josephus-Jitta, Mariette & Kaiser, Franz-W. | Karel Appel: Werk op papier | with foreword by Wim van Krimpen and texts by H. J. A. Hofland, Mariette Josephus-Jitta (reworked text from 1982), Franz-W. Kaiser, exh. cat. Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, 2001 |
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| 2016 | Kaiser, Franz-W. & Lotz, Rouven | Karel Appel. Der abstrakte Blick | exh. cat. Emil Schumacher Museum Hagen, Germany, 2016 |
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| 1954 | Tapié, Michel | Appel | exh. cat. Studio Paul Fachetti, Paris, 1954 |
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| 1997 | Appel, Karel & McCormick, Carlo | Karel Appel: Unintended Monuments | with texts by Karel Appel and Carlo McCormick (reprint from 1990), exh. cat. Galerie Lelong, Zürich, 1997 |
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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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| 2001 | Steininger, Florian | Karel Appel: Der Machtwille der Planeten | exh. cat. Galerie Ulysses, Vienna, 2001 |
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| 2016 | Kaiser, Franz-W. | Karel Appel. Paintings from Six Decades | with foreword by Gabriele Wimmer & John Sailer, texts by Rudi Fuchs, Donald Kuspit, exh. cat. Galerie Ulysses, Vienna, 2016. |
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| 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 |
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| 2007 | Kaiser, Franz-W. | Appels Akte | exh. cat. Karel Appel. Monumentale Zeichnungen, Albertina Museum, Vienna, 2007, with foreword by Klaus Albrecht Schröder; translated from German to English by Andrew Boreham, September 2021 as “Appel’s Nudes” |
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| 2017 | Kaiser, Franz-W. & Kazarian, Choghakate & Mason, Rainer Michael & Montfort, Anne & Ottmann, Klaus & Schlesser, Thomas & Stoullig, Claire | Karel Appel | with foreword by Fabrice Hergott, exh. cat. Karel Appel. L'art est une fête ! Musée d'Art moderne de la Ville de Paris |
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| 1967 | Sandberg, Willem | Karel Appel | with text by Willem Sandberg (excerpt from 1961), exh. cat. Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, 1967 |
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