Selected bibliography
| Year | Author | Title | Source | Details | Type Sort descending |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Houts, Cathérine van | Appel: ik twijfel tot de laatste lik | Het Parool | February 16, 1993 | Article |
| 1983 | Ginsberg, Allen & Mason, Marilynne | Karel Appel's Inner Lights | (interview), Northern Lights, Studies in Creativity, University of Maine at Presque Isle, Maine, 1983 |
Article | |
| 1995 | Pentz, Mimi | Karel Appel Sculpture | Artvoice | vol. 6, issue 2, January 18-31, 1995 | Article |
| 2004 | Pietrzak, Brigitte & Villemur, Frédérique | L’Expérience matiériste | Paul Facchetti: Le studio. Art informel at abstraction Lyrique, Actes Sud, Arles (Bouches-du-Rhône), 2004, pp. 56-85 |
Article | |
| 1986 | Raynor, Vivien | Karel Appel paintings on show | New York Times | March 28, 1986 | Article |
| 1991 | Medina, Raquel | Retrospectiva de Karel Appel en la Fundació Miró | Diario de Tarragona | October 31, 1991 | Article |
| 2015 | Smith, Roberta | Cobra Artists Worked With a Passionate Style to Match Their Name | New York Times | October 8, 2015 | Article |
| 1946 | Klinkenberg, H | Karel Appel | Palaestra. Maandblad voor jonge kunstenaars | year 1, # 3 (December 1946), p. 17 |
Article |
| 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 |
| 1993 | Kuspit, Donald | Karel Appel at André Emmerich Gallery | Artforum International | (review) # 6 (February 1993), p. 96 | Article |
| 2000 | Brouwer, Aart | Nationale wildeman. Profiel: Karel Appel | De Groene Amsterdammer | September 16, 2000 | 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 |
| 1971 | Jespersen, Gunnar | Musik er min inspiration | Berlingske Tidende | Article | |
| 1995 | Steiner, Bertram Karl | Geschöpft aus der Ursuppe der Avantgarde | Kärntner Tageszeitung | November 29, 1995 | Article |
| 1986 | Martin, Rupert | Apocalypse Now. Appel in the eighties | Arnolfini Preview | # 6 (October 1986), pp. 4-5 | Article |
| 1991 | Serra, Catalina | Karel Appel Pintor | El Pais | September 27, 1991 | Article |
| 1962 | Dotremont, Christian | "Cobra" | L'Oeuil. Revue d'art | # 96 (December 1962), pp.56-65 |
Article |
| 1993 | Vrijman, Jan | Joop Colson, bohémien en regent | Groeneveld, herinneringen aan een landhuis in Baarn. 1946-1961, Hermen Molendijk Stichting / Centrum Beeldende Kunst Amersfoort, 1993 | Article | |
| 2000 | Ellenbroek, Willem | De handen van Appel | de Volkskrant magazine | # 54, September 9, 2000 | Article |
| 1983 | Stabenow, Cornelia | Karel Appel: das Farbtier | die Kunst | # 5 (May 1983) | Article |
| 1989 | Gaudibert, Pierre | Karel Appel | Cimaise | year 36, # 198 (January - February 1989) | Article |
| 1957 | Doelman, Cornelis | Karel Appel. L'aventure de la sensation extasiée | Quadrum. Revue internationale d’art moderne | # 3, 1957, pp. 41-48 |
Article |
| 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 | |
| 1991 | Spiegel, Olga | Karel Appel entre lo grotesco y lo ludico | La Vanguardia | September 22, 1991 | Article |
| 2000 | Jansen, Bert | Dynamische jeugdigheid: Nieuw, meeslepend werk van Karel Appel in Stedelijk Museum | Het Financieele Dagblad | July 8, 2000 | Article |
| 1989 | Lamarque-Mouzon, Mary Lou | Karel Appel, le vertige du noir | Art Thèmes | (interview)(October - November 1989), p. 15 | Article |
| 1957 | George, Waldemar | Karel Appel: Le Hollandais volant | Prisme des Arts | # 15 (1957-58), pp.41-43 | Article |
| 1973 | Bibeb | Karel Appel: Mijn LSD is m’n verf | Vrij Nederland | December 22, 1973 | Article |
| 1991 | Spiegel, Olga | Entrevista a Karel Appel, pintor | La Vanguardia | (interview) September 27, 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 | Lyotard, Jean-François | Sans Appel | Journal of Philosophy and the Visual Arts | Article | |
| 1957 | Rouve, Pierre | Of Appel and Tradition | Art News and Review (April 1957) | Article | |
| 1991 | Wingen, Ed | Karel Appel heeft het licht gezien | Kunstbeeld | vol. 15, # 2 (February 1991), pp. 23-26 | Article |
| 1949 | Voskuil, J.J. | Een omstreden wandschildering | Kroniek van Kunst en Kultuur | year 10, # 6 (June 1949) |
Article |
| 2000 | Lamorée, Jhim | Het interview: Karel Appel | PS van de week | (supplement to Het Parool), September 2, 2000, pp. 16-20 | Article |
| 1989 | Re, Marisa del | Four Questions and Answers | Essere | (interview), not dated |
Article |
| 2008 | Zwagerman, Joost | Karel Appel | 50 Nudes: een privé collectie onthuld, Veenmann Publishers, Rotterdam, 2008, pp. 112-117 | Article | |
| 1974 | Kelly, Mary Lou | Modern Masters' ‘Primal Images’ | The Christian Science Monitor | Article | |
| 1963 | Elsken, Ed van der | Karel Appel. Ein Bildbericht mit 1 Farbphoto und 8 Schwarzweissaufnahmen | Du | year 23, # 271 (September 1963) |
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 |
| 1984 | Baj, Enrico | Imbratto tele ma discendo da Van Gogh | Corriere della Sera | (interview), not dated |
Article |
| 1987 | Bax, Marty | De Appelbar | Jong Holland | vol. 3, # 3 (September 1987) pp. 4-13 | Article |
| 1992 | Armengaud, Françoise | Alors naît l'Animal | Bestiaire CoBrA | Edition la Difference, Paris, series «Mobile Matière», 1992, pp. 105-151 | Article |
| 2017 | Rio, Marie-Noël | Karel Appel un homme libre | Faites entrer l'infini | # 64, December 2017, pp. 20-39 |
Article |
| 1950 | Dotremont, Christian | L’affaire Appel | Le petit cobra, # 3 | Brussels (spring 1950) |
Article |
| 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 | |
| 1994 | Caprile, Luciano | Il Bello e la Bestia | Arte | (winter 1994) | Article |
| 1984 | Bordaz, Jean-Pierre | Interview with Karel Appel | Flash Art, French edition | # 3 (spring 1984) | Article |
| 1958 | Alloway, Lawrence | London Exhibitions | Art International | vol. 2, # 8 (November 1958) | Article |