Selected bibliography
| Year | Author | Title | Source | Details | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 1963 | Gasser, Manuel | Wie man Karel Appel ignoriert | Du | year 23, # 271 (September 1963) |
Article |
| 1963 | Ragon, Michel | J'ai pris un modèle pour me liberer de l'abstraction | Arts | # 918 (May – June 1963) | Article |
| 1963 | Staber, Margrit | Die «Nudes» von Karel Appel | Art International | VII, # 8, October 25, 1963, pp. 88-89 | Article |
| 1962 | Claus, Hugo | Karel Appel Painter | with foreword by Herbert Read, text by Hugo Claus, poem by Lucebert (reprint from 1960) and by Willem Sandberg, A. J. G. Strengholt, Amsterdam, 1962 |
Monograph | |
| 1962 | Gribaudo, Ezio & Sandberg, Willem | Le sculture di Karel Appel | with texts by Ezio Gribaudo and Willem Sandberg (reprint of poem from 1962), Edizione d’Arte Fratelli Pozzo, Turin, 1962 |
Monograph | |
| 1962 | Vrijman, Jan & Sandberg, Willem | De Werkelijkheid van Karel Appel | with texts by Jan Vrijman and Willem Sandberg (reprint from 1961), De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam, 1962 |
Monograph | |
| 1962 | Lucebert, Oxenaar, R. D. W. & Schierbeek, Bert | Karel Appel | with texts by Lucebert (reprint from 1950), R. W. D. Oxenaar, Bert Schierbeek, exh. cat. Galerie der Spiegel, Cologne, 1962 |
Catalogue | |
| 1962 | Karel Appel: Sculptures | with poem by Willem Sandberg, exh. cat. Galerie Rive Droite, Paris, 1962 | Catalogue | ||
| 1962 | Gans, Louis | La Contribution Hollandaise au développement international de l’art depuis 1945 | Vie des Arts: Revue Canadienne Trimestrielle | (autmn 1962), pp. 21-27 | Article |
| 1962 | Dotremont, Christian | "Cobra" | L'Oeuil. Revue d'art | # 96 (December 1962), pp.56-65 |
Article |
| 1961 | Lucebert | Karel Appel | with text by Lucebert (first publication of text from 1950 and excerpt of poem from 1960), exh. cat. Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands & Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, 1961 | Catalogue | |
| 1961 | Sandberg, Willem | Karel Appel: West Coast Exhibiton | exh. cat. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1961 |
Catalogue | |
| 1961 | Boudaille, George | K. Appel | with text by George Boudaille (reprint from Cimaise, 1961), exh. cat. Galleria dell 'Ariete, Milan, 1961 |
Catalogue | |
| 1961 | Boudaille, George | Appel | Cimaise | series VIII, # 3 (September - October 1961) | Article |
| 1961 | Boudaille, George | Une nouvelle figuration? Karel Appel ouvre la voie d’un expressionnisme nouveau | Les Lettres Françaises | # 948, 2 – 18 October 1962 |
Article |
| 1961 | Lupasco, Stéphane | Appel, peintre de la vie | XXième Siècle | vol. 23, # 17 (December 1961) | Article |
| 1961 | Oxenaar, R.W.D. | De Ruiter | Openbaar Kunstbezit | p. 28 a, not dated | Article |
| 1960 | Alvard, Julien | De l'anarchie considérée comme un des beaux arts | Art International | vol. 4, # 6, 1960 | Article |
| 1960 | Lucebert | Drift op Zolder en Vragende Kinderen | Museumjournaal | (poem), series 5, # 10 (May 1960) | Article |
| 1960 | Onnen, Frank | Karel Appel. Levensloop en œuvre | Elsevier | July 23, 1960 | Article |
| 1960 | Looten, Emmanuel | Karel Appel | exh. cat. Galerie Rive Droite, Paris, 1960 |
Catalogue | |
| 1960 | Sawyer, Kenneth B. | Karel Appel: Paintings 1955–1960 and Recent Gouaches | exh. cat. Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, 1960 |
Catalogue | |
| 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 |
Catalogue | |
| 1959 | Marinotti, Paolo | Dipingere coi tessuti | exh. cat. Palazzo Grassi, Venice, 1959 |
Catalogue | |
| 1959 | Marinotti, Paolo & Michaux, Henri & Sandberg, Willem | Vitalità nell'Arte | exh. cat. Palazzo Grassi, Venice, 1959 & Kunsthalle, Recklinghausen, Germany & Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam |
Catalogue | |
| 1959 | Neuburg, Hans | Karel Appel | exh. cat. Galerie Charles Lienhard, Zürich, 1959 |
Catalogue | |
| 1959 | Tillich, Paul | New images of man | with prefatory note by Peter Selz and text by Paul Tillich, exh. cat. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1959 |
Catalogue | |
| 1958 | Ragon, Michel | Appel: Gouaches et céramiques | exh. cat. Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris, 1958 |
Catalogue | |
| 1958 | Sandberg, Willem | Karel Appel | exh. cat. Galerie Änne Abels, Cologne, 1958 |
Catalogue | |
| 1958 | Alloway, Lawrence | London Exhibitions | Art International | vol. 2, # 8 (November 1958) | Article |
| 1958 | Burrey, Suzanne | Karel Appel. Dutch Muralist | Architectural Record | vol. 123 (January 1958) | 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 |
| 1958 | Vinkenoog, Simon | Omstreden verschijnsel: Karel Appel uit de doeken | Haagse Post | January 18, 1958, pp. 13-15 | Article |
| 1957 | Doelman, Cornelis | Karel Appel. L'aventure de la sensation extasiée | Quadrum. Revue internationale d’art moderne | # 3, 1957, pp. 41-48 |
Article |
| 1957 | George, Waldemar | Karel Appel: Le Hollandais volant | Prisme des Arts | # 15 (1957-58), pp.41-43 | Article |
| 1957 | Rouve, Pierre | Of Appel and Tradition | Art News and Review (April 1957) | Article | |
| 1957 | Dotremont, Christian & Read, Herbert | Paintings: Karel Appel | with introduction by Christian Dotremont and preface by Herbert Read, exh. cat. Institute of Contemporary Art, London, 1957 |
Catalogue | |
| 1957 | Moreni, Mattia | Appel | exh. cat. Galerie Stadler, Paris, 1957 |
Catalogue | |
| 1957 | Sandberg, Willem | Appel | with text by Willem Sandberg (reprint from 1956), exh. cat. Galleria La Tartaruga, Rome, 1957 |
Catalogue | |
| 1957 | Read, Herbert | Appel: New paintings | with preface by Herbert Read (reprint from exh. cat. Institute of Contemporary Art, London, 1957), exh. cat. Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, 1957 |
Catalogue | |
| 1956 | Looten, Emmanuel | Karel Appel: Portraits | exh. cat. Galerie Rive Droite, Paris, 1956 |
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 | |
| 1956 | Coates, R.M | Art Galleries: Exhibition at Jackson Gallery | The New Yorker | May 5, 1956 | Article |
| 1956 | Tapié, Michel | Esthétique en devenir | Dau al set | Barcelona, 1956 | Article |
| 1956 | Tominaga, S | An Artistic Assertion on Karel Appel | Mizue. A monthly review of fine arts | # 616 (November 1956), pp. 3-7 |
Article |
| 1955 | Tapié, Michel | Karel Appel | with poems by Emmanuel Looten, Hugo Claus, exh. cat. Galerie Rive Droite, Paris & Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam 1955 |
Catalogue | |
| 1955 | Vrijman, Jan | Appel rolt ver van de stam: Portret van Karel Appel | Vrij Nederland | January 29, 1955, p. 3 |
Article |
| 1954 | Doelman, Cornelis | Olanda | exh. cat. Biennale di Venezia XXVII, 1954 |
Catalogue | |
| 1954 | Tapié, Michel | Appel | exh. cat. Studio Paul Fachetti, Paris, 1954 |
Catalogue |