Selected bibliography
| Year | Author | Title | Source Sort descending | Details | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Lyotard, Jean-François | Karel Appel, Un geste de couleur / Karel Appel, A Gesture of Colour | Universitaire Pers Leuven, 2009 | Monograph | |
| 1953 | Sweeney, James Johnson | Younger European painters | exh. cat. The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1953 |
Catalogue | |
| 2004 | Fuchs, Rudi & Lambrecht, Luk | Karel Appel. Onderweg. Reis van Rudi Fuchs langs de kunst der lage landen | exh. cat. Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 2004 |
Catalogue | |
| 1986 | Stokvis, Willemijn | De Nederlanse bijdrage aan de Cobra-beweging en vervanten in schilder- en beeledhouwkunst | De Nederlandse identiteit in de kunst na 1945, Stedelijk Museum & Meulenhoff/Landshoff, Amsterdam, 1986, pp. 18-61 | Article | |
| 2019 | Kaiser, Franz-W. | Karel Appel dans la France glorieuse | exh. cat. Figures et paysages, Almine Rech, Paris, 2019 |
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 | |
| 1983 | Lambert, Jean-Clarence | Cobra | Ste Nlle des Editions du Chêne, Paris and Fonds Mercator, Antwerp, 1983. Co-published by Abbeville Press, Inc, New York, 1983 |
Miscellanious | |
| 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 |
Catalogue | |
| 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 |
Catalogue | |
| 1987 | Claus, Hugo & Dotremont, Christian & Lambert, Jean-Clarence & Looten, Emmanuel & Lucebert & Tapíe, Michel & Towarnicki, Frédéric, de | Karel Appel 40 Ans de Peinture, Sculpture & Dessin | with multiple texts/reprints by Hugo Claus, Christian Dotremont, Jeanc-Clarence Lambert, Emmanuel Looten, Lucebert, Michel Tapié, Frédéric de Towarnicki and many others, Éditions Galilée, Paris, 1987 |
Monograph | |
| 2019 | Meulemans, Naomi | VOGEL. Karel Appel (1921-2006) en de mythe van het spontane maken | The Phoebus Foundation, Antwerpen, 2019 |
Monograph | |
| 1960 | Looten, Emmanuel | Karel Appel | exh. cat. Galerie Rive Droite, Paris, 1960 |
Catalogue | |
| 1977 | Jespersen, Gunnar | Karel Appel, Cobra | Gyldendal, Copenhagen, 1974, pp. 129-132 | Article | |
| 1988 | Hunter, Sam | Karel Appel In the Spirit of our Time | Arts Magazine | (January 1988)(reprint from 1986) | Article |
| 1983 | Mulder, Jouke | Karel Appel: Mijn laatste werk heeft meer met de mens te maken | Elseviers Magazine | (interview) year 39, # 24, June 18, 1983 | Article |
| 1991 | Barten, Walter | Verftube als raket | Financieel Dagblad | January 14, 1991 | Article |
| 2015 | Crochet, Alexander | Karel Appel s’effeuille au Centre Pompidou | Le Quotidien de l’Art | (review), # 930, October 27, 2015 | Article |
| 1984 | Dypreau, Jean | Karel Appel ou le bel aujourd'hui | +/o | year XI, # 40 (June 1984), p. 13 |
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 | Bufill, Juan | La realidad de Karel Appel | ABC | October 24, 1991 | Article |
| 1970 | Meyere, Jos A. L. de & Vinkenoog, Simon | Appel’s Oogappels | Appel’s Oogappels | (reprint from 1963), exh. cat. Centraal Museum, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 1970 |
Catalogue |
| 1987 | Ratcliff, Carter | Artist's Dialogue: Karel Appel -Optimism and Apocalypse- | Architectural Digest | (April 1987), p. 44 | Article |
| 1958 | Burrey, Suzanne | Karel Appel. Dutch Muralist | Architectural Record | vol. 123 (January 1958) | Article |
| 1986 | Martin, Rupert | Apocalypse Now. Appel in the eighties | Arnolfini Preview | # 6 (October 1986), pp. 4-5 | Article |
| 1994 | Hoogendijk, Ferry | Karel Appel: 'Ik heb Van Gogh in Mondriaan ontdekt' | Art and Value | (interview) year 2, # 2 (summer 1994) | Article |
| 2001 | Schweighöfer, Kerstin | Der Maler, der die Leinwand stürmte | ART das Kunstmagazin | # 4 (April 2001) | 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 |
| 1985 | Kuspit, Donald | Atomic Weather: Karel Appel | Art in America | # 4 (April 1985), pp. 160-163 | Article |
| 1960 | Alvard, Julien | De l'anarchie considérée comme un des beaux arts | Art International | vol. 4, # 6, 1960 | Article |
| 1958 | Alloway, Lawrence | London Exhibitions | Art International | vol. 2, # 8 (November 1958) | Article |
| 1963 | Staber, Margrit | Die «Nudes» von Karel Appel | Art International | VII, # 8, October 25, 1963, pp. 88-89 | Article |
| 1984 | Lamarque-Mouzon, Mary-Lou | Karel Appel, Une certaine liberté de propos | Art Thèmes | (interview) 1984, pp. 14-15 | Article |
| 1987 | Lamarque-Mouzon, Mary-Lou | La 'saisie' Karel Appel | Art Thèmes | (June - July 1987), p. 11 | Article |
| 1989 | Lamarque-Mouzon, Mary Lou | Karel Appel, le vertige du noir | Art Thèmes | (interview)(October - November 1989), p. 15 | Article |
| 1987 | Caprile, Luciano | I Maestri di oggi | Arte | # 175 (June 1987) | Article |
| 1994 | Caprile, Luciano | Il Bello e la Bestia | Arte | (winter 1994) | Article |
| 2014 | Kitnick, Alex | Karel Appel. Blum & Poe | Artforum | vol. 53, # 3 (November 2014), pp. 275-276 | Article |
| 1993 | Kuspit, Donald | Karel Appel at André Emmerich Gallery | Artforum International | (review) # 6 (February 1993), p. 96 | Article |
| 1991 | Kuspit, Donald | Karel Appel at the Gemeentemuseum | Artforum International | (review) (March 1991), p. 145 | Article |
| 1993 | Dannatt, Adrian | Karel Appel at André Emmerich Gallery | ARTnews | (review), vol. 92, # 3 (March 1993) | Article |
| 2000 | Turner, Jonathan | Karel Appel: Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam | ARTnews | (review) (November 2000), p. 218 | Article |
| 1963 | Ragon, Michel | J'ai pris un modèle pour me liberer de l'abstraction | Arts | # 918 (May – June 1963) | Article |
| 1968 | Ashton, Dore | Cobra in Context | Arts magazine | (February 1968), pp. 106-109 |
Article |
| 1983 | Ashton, Dore | Affirmation and Apocalypse in Karel Appel's Recent Paintings | Arts Magazine | # 8 (April 1983) pp. 68-69 | Article |
| 1984 | Jamie, Rasaad | Appel Now | Artscribe | (interview), # 45 (February - April 1984), pp. 41-47 | Article |
| 1990 | Lyotard, Jean-François | Sans Appel | Artstudio | (reprint from 1989), # 18 (autumn 1990) | Article |
| 1988 | Krebs, Patrick | Les yeux grands ouverts de Karel Appel | Artstudio | # 9 (summer 1988), pp. 112-121 | Article |
| 1995 | Pentz, Mimi | Karel Appel Sculpture | Artvoice | vol. 6, issue 2, January 18-31, 1995 | Article |
| 1987 | Restany, Pierre | Karel Appel, le CoBrA collecteur | Beaux Arts Magazine | # 47 (June 1987), pp. 56-61 | Article |
| 2002 | Schumacher, Rogier | Karel Appel, z.t., 1970 | Beelden in Rotterdam | Uitgeverij 010, Rotterdam, 2002, pp. 124-125 |
Article |