Selected bibliography
| Year | Author | Title | Source | Details | Type Sort descending |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Miller, Richard | Christian Karel Appel | Cobra, Nouvelles Editions Francaises, Paris, 1994, pp. 134-136 | 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 |
| 1984 | Jamie, Rasaad | Appel Now | Artscribe | (interview), # 45 (February - April 1984), pp. 41-47 | Article |
| 1990 | Ellenbroek, Willem | Van het aapstadium groei ik naar de mens | de Volkskrant | December 7, 1990 | Article |
| 1951 | Ragon, Michel | Expression et Non-Figuration. Problemes et Tendances de l'Art d'Aujourd'hui | Edition de la Revue Neuf | Article | |
| 1963 | Staber, Margrit | Die «Nudes» von Karel Appel | Art International | VII, # 8, October 25, 1963, pp. 88-89 | Article |
| 1987 | Fallon, Brian | The Roaring Boy | The Irish Times | January 14, 1987 | Article |
| 2001 | Schumacher, Rogier | Karel Appel: Pastorale Chiaroscuro | Bulletin Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam | # 3, 2001 | Article |
| 1958 | Vinkenoog, Simon | Omstreden verschijnsel: Karel Appel uit de doeken | Haagse Post | January 18, 1958, pp. 13-15 | Article |
| 1984 | Lamarque-Mouzon, Mary-Lou | Karel Appel, Une certaine liberté de propos | Art Thèmes | (interview) 1984, pp. 14-15 | Article |
| 1990 | Fuchs, Rudi | The influence of New York on Karel Appel | NRC Handelsblad | June 22, 1990 |
Article |
| 1997 | Fuchs, Rudi | L’antica storia dell’arte moderna | Art of the 20th Century. Flemish and Dutch Painting, Rizzoli, New York, 1997 | Article | |
| 1952 | Jaffé, H.C.L. | Fifty years of Dutch Painting | The Studio | vol. 143, # 710 (May 1952), pp. 129-135 |
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| 1980 | Impe, Marc van | Karel Appel en de spanning tussen rood en blauw | Nieuwsnet | (interview), week 32, August 9, 1980 |
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| 1987 | Kontova, Helena & Politi, Giancarlo | Interview with Karel Appel | Flash Art | international edition, # 134 (May 1987), pp. 50-53 |
Article |
| 2001 | Schweighöfer, Kerstin | Der Maler, der die Leinwand stürmte | ART das Kunstmagazin | # 4 (April 2001) | Article |
| 1984 | Meijer, Ischa | Nomad | Vrij Nederland | (interview), April 28, 1984 | Article |
| 1990 | Haak, Bregtje van der | Karel Appel 50 jaar schildersdrift | Beelding | (interview), # 10 (December 1990 - January 1991) | Article |
| 1997 | Wieg, Rogi | Het leven is een gloeilamp | Het Parool | January 24, 1997, p. 17 | Article |
| 2007 | Donkers, Jan | Liever een Karel Appel Museum | Het Parool | February 14, 2007 | Article |
| 1987 | Lamarque-Mouzon, Mary-Lou | La 'saisie' Karel Appel | Art Thèmes | (June - July 1987), p. 11 | Article |
| 1984 | Paparoni, Demetrio | Primavera senza fine | Tema Celeste | # 4 (October 1984), pp. 2-6 | Article |
| 1990 | Heyting, Lien | Ik wilde het landschap laten dansen | NRC Handelsblad | (interview) NRC Handelsblad, Cultureel Supplement, December 7, 1990 | 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 | |
| 1964 | Citroen, Paul | Appel or Citroen | Delta. A Review of Arts Life and Thought in the Netherlands | # 1 (spring 1964), pp. 13-23 |
Article |
| 1987 | Lambert, Jean-Clarence | Karel Appel: la terre | La revue de'l'Opéra de Paris | # 47 (April 1987), pp. 16-19 | Article |
| 2008 | Zwagerman, Joost | Karel Appel | 50 Nudes: een privé collectie onthuld, Veenmann Publishers, Rotterdam, 2008, pp. 112-117 | Article | |
| 1984 | Towarnicki, Frederic de | La dimensione del sentimento | Tema Celeste | (interview), # 4 (October 1984), p. 7 | Article |
| 1990 | Illés, Vera | Het zwart van Karel Appel | Elsevier | (interview) vol. 46, # 51-52, December 22, 1990 | Article |
| 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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| 1953 | Sweeney, James Johnson | Younger European painters | exh. cat. The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1953 |
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| 1981 | Reinhartz-Tergau, Elisabeth | Karel Appel: tentoonstelling t.g.v. zijn 60-ste verjaardag, | exh. cat. Galerie Nova Spectra, The Hague, 1981 |
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| 1995 | Fuchs, Rudi & Rohsmann, Arnulf & Zigaina, Guiseppe | Karel Appel: Ich bin die Erde der alles entspringt | exh. cat. Galerie Ulysses, Vienna, Austria & Kärntner Landesgalerie Klagenfurt, Austria, 1995 & Moderna Galerija Ljubljana |
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| 2002 | Brugger, Ingried & Fuchs, Rudi & Kaiser, Franz-W. & Steininger, Florian | Karel Appel | with texts by Ingried Brugger, Rudi Fuchs, Franz-W. Kaiser (reprint from 2001), Florian Steininger, exh. cat. Kunstforum Wien, Vienna, 2002 |
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| 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 |
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| 1998 | Fuchs, Rudi | Karel Appel: Birth of a Landscape | with text by Rudi Fuchs (reprint from 1995), exh. cat. Galerie Ulysses, Vienna, 1998 |
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| 2008 | Cerritelli, Claudio | Karel Appel: Opere 1990–2002 | exh. cat. Galleria Arte 92, Milan, 2008 |
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| 1965 | Dotremont, Christian & Lucebert & Read, Herbert & Schierbeek, Bert & Ting, Walasse & Vinkenoog, Simon | Appel | with texts by Christian Dotremont, Lucebert (including reprint from 1950), Herbert Read (excerpt from 1957), Bert Schierbeek, Walasse Ting, Simon Vinkenoog, exh. cat. Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam & Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 1965 & Städtische Kunstgalerie, Bochum, Germany & Charlottenborg, Copenhagen & Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen, Germany & Moderna Museet, Stockholm |
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| 1995 | Stokvis, Willemijn | De taal van Cobra en haar bronnen: uit de museumcollectie Van Stuijvenberg | coll. cat. Cobra Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Amstelveen, 1995 |
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| 1960 | Looten, Emmanuel | Karel Appel | exh. cat. Galerie Rive Droite, Paris, 1960 |
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| 1998 | Fuchs, Rudi & Hartog, Arie & Kuspit, Donald | Sculptures without a Hero | with introduction by Erika Röder-Diruf, Martina Rudloff and Paul Scholten, exh. cat. Museum Beelden aan Zee, The Hague, 1998 |
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| 2008 | Cariou, André | De Miró à Warhol. La collection Berardo à Paris | with text by André Cariou et al., exh. cat. Musée Luxembourg, Paris, 2008 |
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| 2019 | Kaiser, Franz-W. | Karel Appel dans la France glorieuse | exh. cat. Figures et paysages, Almine Rech, Paris, 2019 |
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| 1960 | Sawyer, Kenneth B. | Karel Appel: Paintings 1955–1960 and Recent Gouaches | exh. cat. Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, 1960 |
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| 1998 | Kaiser, Franz-W. & Rohsmann, Arnulf | Karel Appel. Thinking Spaces | exh. cat. Kärntner Landesgalerie, Klagenfurt, Austria, 1998 |
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| 2008 | Read, Herbert | Karel Appel: The Sixties | with text by Herbert Read (reprint from 1962), exh. cat. Galerie Ulysses, Vienna, 2008 |
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| 1998 | Stoullig, Claire | Appel: Natural Phenomenon | exh. cat. Galerie Lelong, Paris, 1998 |
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| 2009 | Belt, Werner van den & Weitering, Katja | Paris Central. Vrije stad, vrije kunst in de jaren ’50 | with introduction by Jan Hein Sassen and texts by Werner van den Belt, Katja Weitering et al., exh. cat. Cobra Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Amstelveen, The Netherlands |
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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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| 1998 | Bonito Oliva, Achille | Karel Appel | exh. cat. Atelier del Bosco di Villa Medici, Rome, 1998 |
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