1953

• Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Karel Appel, October  31 – November 11, 1953.

1954

• Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, First American Exhibition, December 6 – 31,  1954.
• Studio Paul Facchetti, Paris, Appel,  May 28, 1954.

1955

• Galerie Rive Droite, Paris, Karel Appel, October 4 – 31, 1955.
       Travelling to the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, November 1955.

1957

• Institute of Contemporary Art, London, Paintings Karel Appel,  April 5 - May 4, 1957.

1958

• Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Appel, November 8 – 19, 1958.

1961

• San Francisco Art Museum, San Francisco, Karel Appel, West Coast Exhibiton, June 23 – July 23, 1961.
       Travelling to Pasadena Art Museum, August 1961. Phoenix Art Museum, November 1961. Santa Barbara Art Museum, December 1961. Seattle Art Museum, January 1962. La Jolla  Art Museum, February 1962.
• Stedelijk Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, April 29 - June 4, 1961.
       Travelling to the Haags Gemeente Museum, The Hague, The Netherlands, June - July, 1961.

1962

• Galerie Rive Droite, Paris, Karel Appel: Sculptures, 1962.

1965

• Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Appel, June 25 - August 30, 1965.
• Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Appel, September 16 – October 6, 1965.
• Städtische Kunstgalerie Bochum, Germany, Karel Appel. Gemälde, October 31 - November 5, 1965.

1966

• Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden, Karel Appel. Paintings 1947-65,  February 26 - March 27, 1966.

1968

• Centre National d'Art Contemporain, Paris, Karel Appel, Reliefs 1966-68.
• Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Reliefs, November 14, 1968 - January 5, 1969. 
       Travelling to Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 1969.

1970

• Centraal Museum, Utrecht, the Netherlands, Appels Oogappels, September 4 - November 15, 1970.

1972

• Musée d'Art Contemporain, Montreal, Quebec, Appel's Appels, April 21 - May 21, 1972.
• New York Cultural Center, Appel’s Appels, July 25 - September 20, 1973.

1974

• Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Karel Appel Retrospective.
       Travelling to Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City and  Phoenix Art Museum, Arizona.

1977

• Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, Karel Appel , October – December 1977.
       Travelling to Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela, Karel Appel, March 1978.

1978

• Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela, Karel Appel Retrospective, March 3 - April 9, 1978.
• Saarland Museum, Saarbrücken, Germany, Dreissig Jahre Karel Appel, March 16 - April 16, 1977. 
       Travelling to Museum Van Bommel-Van Dam, Venlo, The Netherlands, September 9 - October 30, 1978. Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn, Germany, April 12 - May 27, 1979. Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven, Germany, July 11 - August 3, 1980. Kunstpavillonen, Esbjerg Kunstforening, Esjberg, Denmark, March 29 – April 27, 1980.

1981

• Museu de Arte do São Paulo, Brasil, Appel, July 17 - September 5, 1981. 
       Travelling to Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, September 17 - October 25, 1981. Fondaçao Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, November 12 - December 6, 1981. Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, December 1981 - February 1982.

1982

• Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, The New Work of Karel Appel, Paintings 1979-1981, January 23 - March 14, 1982. 
• Haags Gemeente Museum, The Hague, The Netherlands, Works on Paper, January 23 - March 28, 1982. 
       Travelling to Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, Germany, April 4 - May 31, 1982.   Städtische Galerie, Erlangen, Germany, April 13 - May 31, 1983. Fries Museum, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands, November 19, 1983 - January 8, 1984. Kunstforeningen, Copenhagen, Denmark, May 29 - July 1, 1984. Palazzo Medici- Riccardi, Florence, March 30 - May 12, 1985. Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden, May 11 - June 25, 1986. Musée des Augustins, Toulouse, France, June 20 - August 31, 1987. Henie-Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo, Norway, 1987.

1984

• Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Karel Appel, Oeuvres Recentes, January 20 - March 4, 1984.

1986

• Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Recent Paintings and Sculptures: Clouds, Windmills, Nudes and Other Mythologies, October 1 - November 30, 1986.
• Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol, England, Karel Appel Paintings 1980-1985, October 18 - December 31, 1986. Travelling to the Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Ireland, 1987.

1987

• Galerie d'Art Contemporain and Galerie des Ponchettes, Nice, France, Karel Appel. Peinture-Sculpture- Dessin, May 7 - July 15, 1987. 
• Castello di Rivoli, Turin, Italy, Karel Appel. Dipinti, Sculpture e Collages, October 8 - November 11, 1987.

1989

• National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan, Karel Appel, January 5 - February 5, 1989.
  Travelling to the Seibu Museum of Art, Tokyo, February 11 - March 7, 1989. Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, April 16 - June 11, 1989. Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, June 24 - July 23, 1989. Hakone Open Air Museum, July 29 - August 10, 1989.

1990

• Haags Gemeente Museum, The Hague, The Netherlands, Karel Appel, Ik wou dat Ik een Vogel was (Karel Appel, If I  Were a Bird), December 15, 1990 - April 1, 1991.
  Travelling to Josef-Haubrich-Kunsthalle, Cologne, Germany, Die Meisterwerke,  June 12 - August 11, 1991.   Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona, Spain, Karel Appel, September 26 - December 1, 1991. Neue Galerie der Stadt Linz, Austria, Die Meisterwerke, April 2 - May 24, 1992.

1993

• Paleis Lange Voorhout, The Hague, The Netherlands, Singing Donkeys, New Sculptures by Karel Appel, February 17 - July 25, 1993.

1994

• The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea, A Retrospective by Karel Appel , April 23 - June 1, 1994. 
       Travelling to Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Art, Taiwan, September 17 - December 4, 1994.

1995

• Kärntner Landesgalerie, Klagenfurt, Austria. Ich bin die Erde der alles entspringt, November 23, 1995 - January 28, 1996.
        Travelling to Moderna Galerija Ljubljana, Slovenia, February 6 - March 6, 1996. Die Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck, September 17 - October 13, 1996.

1996

• BAWAG Fondation, Vienna, Karel Appel. Gemälde, Gouachen, Zeichnungen 1950-1965, June 19 - August 31, 1996.

1998

• The Sculpture Garden @ 590 Madison Ave, New York, Sculptures Without a Hero, March 12 - June 15, 1998.
• Atelier del Bosco di Villa Medici, Rome, November 26, 1998 - January 11, 1999.
• Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Psychopathological Art,  November 7 -  29, 1998.
       Travelling to Cobra Museum, Amstelveen, The Netherlands, December 4, 1998 - February  21, 1999.

1999

• Bergen Museum of Art, Norway, Toys from the Attic, February 25 – May 5, 1999. 
       Travelling to Municipal Museum of Art, Reykjavic, May 29 – August 30, 1999. Faroe Islands Art Gallery, October 9 – November 14, 1999.

2000

• S.M.A.K., Gent, Belgium, Recente sculpturen & gedichten, May 5 –  July  24, 2000.
• Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, The Will to Power of the Planets Zomeropstelling 2000, June 10 – September 10, 2000.

2001

• Cobra Museum Amstelveen, Karel Appel, Beelden 1936-2000, April 26 – August 12, 2001.
• Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Karel Appel, Pastorale Chiaroscuro, April 27 – June 24, 2001.
• Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Karel Appel, Work on paper 1940 – 2000, April 28 – September 2, 2001.

2002

• Galerie Lelong, Zurich, Switzerland, Japanese Landscapes, March 16 – May 18, 2002.
• Galerie Ulysses, Vienna,  Mutation in Motion, September 3 – October 25, 2002.
• Kunstforum Wien, Vienna, Karel Appel, September 5 – October 13,  2002.
• Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, The Netherlands, Karel Appel: werken op papier, October 12 – November 24, 2002.

2003

• Galerie Lelong, Paris, Karel Appel: oeuvres sur papier 1999-2002, September 25 – October 31, 2003.

2004

• Galerie Ulysses, Vienna, Karel Appel. The Cobra Years, May 26 – July 30,  2004.
• JG Contemporary, New York, Karel Appel. New Works on Paper, October 14 – November 13,  2004.
• Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussel, Karel Appel. Onderweg. Reis van Rudi Fuchs langs de kunst der Lage Landen, October 13,  2004 – January 16, 2005.
• National Museum, Belgrado, Serbia, Paperworks of Karel Appel, October 20 – November 18,  2004.

2005

• Galleria Arte 92, Milan, Italy, Karel Appel: Opere 1991 – 2002, March 10 – July 9,  2005.
• Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, The Netherlands, Karel Appel. Recent works, August 20 – October 23,  2005.
• Galerie Ulysses, Vienna, Karel Appel. Paintings and Sculptures, September 10 – December 11,  2005.
• Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum, Bratislava, Slovakia, Karel Appel Retrospective,  September 11 – December 11,  2005.

2006

• Galerie Lelong, Zurich, Switzerland, Pierre Alechinsky & Karel Appel. Peinture à quatre mains,  June 1– August 31,  2006.
• Galerie Ulysses, Vienna, Karel Appel. Last Paintings, November 30,  2006 – February 24,  2007.

2007

• Albertina, Vienna, Karel Appel. Monumentale Aktzeichnungen, December 7, 2007 – February 3, 2008. 
• Galerie Ulysses, Vienna, Karel Appel. Works on Paper 1949 – 2005, December 8, 2007 – February 3, 2008.

2008

• Cobra Museum, Amstelveen, The Netherlands, Karel Appel. Jazz 1958-1962, February 8 - June 1, 2008.
• Galerie Ulysses, Vienna, Karel Appel. The Sixties, December 3, 2008 - February 20, 2009.
• Galleria Arte 92, Milan, Italy, Karel Appel: Opere 1990-2002, March 13 - June 28, 2008.

2009

• Galerie Lelong, Paris, Karel Appel. Peintures 2000-2001, September 4 - October 10, 2009.

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