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William N. Copley

(American, 1919–1996)

William N. Copley

Firecracker, 1975

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William N. Copley

Baby Bonnet, 1978

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William N. Copley

Baby Buggy, 1978

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William N. Copley

1976, 1976

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William N. Copley

American Girl, 1973

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William N. Copley

Women and Men, 1965

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Biography

Timeline

1919: Born: New York, NY
1932 - 1936: Studied at the Phillips Academy in Andover, MA
1936 - 1938: Studied at Yale University, CT
1942 - 1946: Military service in Africa and Italy
1947 - 1948: Directed Copley Galleries in Beverly Hills, CA (with John Ployardt). Exhibit: Magritte, Matta, Joseph Cornell, Man Ray, Tanguy, Max Ernst
1947: Opened his own gallery in Los Angeles
1948: Founded Copley Galleries with John Ployardt Beverly Hills, CA
1951: Went to Paris with Man Ray and stayed to live
1961: Returned to New York City
1992: Moved to Key West, FL
1996: Died: Key West, FL

Exhibitions

2017: William N.Copley Selected Exhibitions in 2017:
William N. Copley: Women, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY (solo exhibition)
2016: William N.Copley Selected Exhibitions in 2016:
William N. Copley: The World According to CPLY, The Menil Collection, Houston, TX; Fondazione Prada, Milan, Italy (solo exhibition)
William Copley, Elma Talbot, Ina van Zyl, Galerie Onrust, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2015: William N.Copley Selected Exhibitions in 2015:
Drawings (1962 – 1973), Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY (solo exhibition)
William N. Copley: Paintings from 1960 – 1994, Showroom by Paul van Esch & Partners Art Advisory, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (solo exhibition)
The Shadow is Taken, Algus Greenspon, New York, NY
Viewer Discretion: Children of Bataille, Stux & Haller, New York, NY
L’Impasse Ronsin, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY
The Violent Crab, David Roberts Art Foundation, London, England
2014: William N.Copley Selected Exhibitions in 2014:
William Copley: Paintings and Mirrors, Michael Fuchs Galerie, Berlin, Germany (solo exhibition)
Alexander the Great: The Iolas Gallery 1955 – 1987, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY
Live and Let Die, Modern Art, London, United Kingdom
Purple States, Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York, NY
Pop Abstraction, Fredericks and Fraser Gallery and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York, NY
2013: William N.Copley Selected Exhibitions in 2013:
Finally We Laugh, Galerie Linn Luhn, Düsseldorf, Germany (solo exhibition)
Confiserie CPLY, Paul Kasmin Gallery and Venus Over Manhattan, Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland (solo exhibition)
William Copley & Big Fat Black Cock, Inc. Gang Bust, Venus Over Manhattan, New York, NY (solo exhibition)
Re-view, Hauser & Wirth, London, United Kingdom
Gang Bust: William Copley & Big Fat Black Cock Inc., Venus Over Manhattan, New York, NY
Masculin/Feminine, Michael Fuchs Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2012: Copley, Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden, Germany (solo)
: Works 1948 - 1983, Galerie von Braunbehrens, Munich, Germany (solo)
: See Yourself As Lovers See You, Galerie Klaus Gerrit Friese, Stuttgart, Germany (solo)
: X-RATED, Sadie Coles HQ, London (solo)
2011: WILLIAM N. COPLEY und ANDREAS SLOMINSKI – X-RATED, Me, Collectors Room, Berlin
2010: X-RATED, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York (solo)
: Die Bilder tun was mit mir..., Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden, Germany
: Die Sammlung Christian Zacharias: Das Haus und die Unendlichkeit Fondation de l´Hermitage, Lausanne, Switzerland
2009: Galerie Klaus Gerrit Friese, Stuttgart, Germany (solo)
El Sourdog Hex, Berlin, Germany (solo)
Linn Lühn, Cologne, Germany (solo)
And Other Essays, Bard College, Annandale-on Hudson, New York, NY
Exile on Mail St., Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Jr and Son’s, Zach Feuer Gallery, New York
2008: Diana und Aktaion: der verbotene Blick auf die Nacktheit, museum kunst palest, Dusseldorf, Germany
Karl Bohrmann- William N. Copley, Galerie Klaus Gerrit Freise, Stuttgart, Germany
Carte Blanche III: “Gedichte der Fakten”: Arbeiten aus der Sammlung Arend und Brigitte Oetker, GfZK-Galerie fur Zeitgenossische Kunst, Lepzig, Germany
Liebe, Love, Paare, Gustav-Lubcke-Museum, Hamm, Germany
Museum im Kulterspeicher, Wurzburg: Ulmer Museum, Ulm, Germany
Mirror, Mirror, Edward Thorpe Gallery, New York, NY
2007: Linn Lühn, Cologne, Germany (solo)
Deutsche und Amerikanische Malerei: Aus der Sammlung Freider Burda, Museum Freider Burda, Baden-Baden, Germany
Rockers Island: Olbricht Collection, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
Sixties! Art, Fashion, Design, Film and Photography, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, The Netherlands
AFFINITIES, Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin, Germany
2006: Nolan/Eckman Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Galerie manus presse/Klaus Gerrit Friese, Stuttgart, Germany (solo)
Ele-Mental - David Nolan Gallery, New York City, NY
Six Feet Under: Autopsie unseres Umgangs mit Toten, Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Models and Prototypes, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
L’Amateur d’estampes, Musee des Beaux-Arts, Tourcoing, France
Collage Effect, 1301PE, Los Angeles, CA
Group Show, Nolan/Eckman Gallery, New York, NY
2005: Galerie Onrust, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (solo)
Internationale Zeichner - Galerie Biedermann, Munich, Germany
Bilderwechsel III – Amerikanische Malerei , Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden, Germany
2004: Galerie Daniel Blau, Munich, Germany (solo)
Mamco-Musèe d’art moderne et contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland (solo)
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL (solo)
FUNNY CUTS - Cartoons und Comics in der zeitgenössische Kunst - Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart, Germany
Eröffnungsausstellung Sammlung Frieder Burda - Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden, Germany
Sammlung Frieder Burda - Eröffnungsausstellung, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden, Germany
Christmas Art Gifts, Artiscope, Brussels, Belgium
Baume, Galerie Biedermann, Munich, Germany
2003: Nolan/Eckman Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
BAWAG Foundation, Vienna (Easy to Read Storybook)
Johann Konig, Berlin, Germany (solo)
Imagine - Selections from the permanent collection, Museum of Contemporary Art - North Miami (MOCA), Miami, FL
2001 Kunst Sammeln I: Werke zeitgenossischer Kunst aus den Sammlungen von Cramm, Falckenburg, Kalkmann, Kunstverein Bad Salzdetfurth e.V., Bodenburg, Germany
Museum unserer Wunsche, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
2002: Drawings 1956-1994, Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany (solo)
2001: Nolan/Eckman Gallery, New York, NY
Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht, the Netherlands (solo)
2000: Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Prints Nolan/Eckman Gallery, New York, NY
Im Gegenuber: Landschaften, Stilleben, Portraits, Galerie von Braunbehrens, Munich, Germany
1999: Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany (solo)
L.A.C., Lieu d'Art Contemporain, Sigean, France (solo)
Galerie Daniel Blau, Munich, Germany (solo)
Herning Kunstmuseum, Herning, Germany (solo)
1998: Galerie Lelong, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
Galerie Onrust, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (solo)
Nolan/Eckman Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Summer Group Show. Nolan/Eckman Gallery, New York Imagined World. David Nolan Gallery, New York, NY
1997: Ulmer Museum, Ulm, Germany (solo)
Galerie Kurt Schafer, Berlin, Germany (solo)
Magie der Zahl in der Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts, Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart, Germany
Spiral Village, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, The Netherlands
1996: Nolan/Eckman Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany (solo)
Hommage a Copley, Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany
Think, Galerie Brigitte Ihsen, Cologne, Germany
Disegni americani degli anni ottanta: 15 artisti. Galleria Milano, Milan, Italy
1995: Retrospective, Kestner-Gesellshaft, Hamburg, Germany (solo)
Galerie Lelong, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
Galerie Kurt Schafer, Berlin, Germany (solo)
Galerie Zell am See, Schloss Rosenberg, Austria (solo)
Galerie Michael, Heidelberg, Germany (solo)
Galerie Brigitte Ihsen, Cologne, Germany
Bunnies - A Group Show, Nolan/Eckman Gallery, New York, NY
Drawing the line: Reappraising Drawing Past and Present, Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton; Manchester City Art Galleries; Ferens Art Gallery; Hull; Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
1994: Nolan/Eckman Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany (solo)
Galerie Fred Jahn and Nolan/Eckman Gallery, Art Basel, Germany (solo)
Galerie Klewan, Munich, Germany (solo)
Galerie Heike Curtze, Vienna, Austria (solo)
Old Glory: The American Flag in Contemporary Art, Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH
1993: Galerie Zell am See, Schloss Rosenberg, Austria (solo)
Haus Am Lutzowplatz, Berlin, Germany (solo)
Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany (solo)
1992: Galleria Peccolo, Livorno, Italy (solo)
Galleria Milano, Milan, Italy (solo)
1991: David Nolan Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany (solo)
Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York, NY & Chicago, IL (solo)
Galerie Klewan, Munich, Germany (solo)
1990: Galerie Klewan, Munich, Germany (solo)
Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)
1989: Bilderstreit: Widerspruch, Einheit und Fragment in der Kunst seit 1960, Museum Ludwig in den Rheinhallen der Kolner Messe, Cologne, Germany
1988: Galerie 1900/2000, Paris, France (solo)
Gran Pavese, The Flag Project, MuHKA Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium
Roger Brown, William Copley, Duncan Hannah. Gloria Luria Gallery, Miami, Florida
1987: Kewenig Galerie, Frechen-bachem, Germany (solo)
Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1986: The Tomb of the Unknown Whore, installation, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY (solo)
Roger Brown, William Copley, Duncan Hannah. Gloria Luria Gallery, Miami, FL
Europa/Amerika: die Geschichte einer kunstlerischen Faszination seit 1940, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
1985: Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
The Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
Galleria Montenapoleane, Milan, Italy (solo)
Cinquante ans de dessins americains, 1930-1980. Ecole nationale superieure des beaux-arts, Paris, France
1984: Auto and Culture, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA; Detroit Art Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
1983: Post-Raphaelite Painting, Reinhard Onnasch Ausstellungen, Berlin, Germany (solo)
Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Looking at Women, Artemesia Gallery, Chicago, IL
Festival of the Arts, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
Contemporary Paintings from the Weatherspoon Art Gallery. University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
The Last Laugh. Southern Ohio Museum and Cultural Center, Portsmouth, OH
1982: Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)
documenta 7, Kassel, Germany
The Erotic Impulse. Roger Litz Gallery, New York, NY
1981: Galerie Klewan, Munich, Germany (solo)
Kunstlerwerkstatt, Lothringerstrasse, Munich, Germany (solo)
Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Brooks Jackson Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Westkunst. Museen der Staadt Koln, Cologne, Germany
1980 - 1981: Badischer Kunstverein e.v., Karlsruhe, Germany (solo)
Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands (Traveling Retrospective) Musee National D'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France; Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland; Brooks Jackson Gallery, New York, NY
1980: American Painting of the Sixties and Seventes: The Real, Ideal and the Fantastic, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
"The Figurative Tradition and The Whitney Museum of Art", The Whitney Museum of Art, New York, NY
1979: CPLY: Reflections on a Past Life, Institute for the Arts, Rice University, Houston, TX (solo)
CPLY/X-Rated Paintings, Galerie Fassbender, Munich, Germany (solo)
1978 - 1979: Variations on a Theme by Francis Picabia, David Stuart Galleries, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Galerie Rudolf Zwirner, Cologne, Germany (solo)
1978: Galerie Fassbender, Munich, Germany (solo)
Galerie Springer, Berlin, Germany (solo)
Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
"Aspekte der 60er Jahre: aus der Sammlung Reinhard Onnasch", Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany
American Nude, Harold Reed Gallery, New York, NY
Box Museum, Cooper Hewitt Museum, New York, NY
1977: Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)
Artist’s Renderings of Paintings, Pinoteca di Brera, Milan, Musee du Louvre, Paris, France
The Dada/Surrealist Heritage, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown. MA
Art Outside the Mainstream/Bad Painting, The New Museum, New York, NY
1976: Washington Art Association, Washington, CT (solo)
David Stuart Galleries, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
The William Seitz Memorial Exhibition, Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, NJ
1975: Erik Nord Gallery, Nantucket, MA (solo)
Three Generations of the American Nude, New York Cultural Center, New York, NY
1974: Western Songs, Galerie Onnasch, Cologne, Germany (solo)
Onnasch Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA (solo)
CPLY/X-Rated, New York Cultural Center, New York, NY (solo)
1973: Gallerie Il Fauna, Turin, Italy (solo)
1972: Gallery Suzanne Saxe, San Francisco, CA (solo)
Galerie Iolas, Milan, Italy; Paris, France (solo)
Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
David Stuart Galleries, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne, Germany (solo)
GalerieAspects, Brussels, Belgium (solo)
Galerie du Dragon, Paris, France (solo)
documenta 5, Kassel, Germany
1971: Nouns, Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Erotic Art, The Art Center of the New School for Social Research, The New Museum, New York, NY
1970: Galerie Aspects, Brussels, Belgium (solo)
Galerie Neuendorf, Cologne, Germany (solo)
Galerie Springer, Berlin, Germany (solo)
Hot Show, Cordier & Ekstrom Gallery, New York, NY
Copley, Brauner and Magritte, Louisiana Gallery, Houston, TX
Box Top Art, Illinois State University, Bloomington, IL
1969: Ballads, Galerie Iolas, Geneva, Switzerland (solo)
Gallerie de Leone, Venice, Italy (solo)
Merida Gallery, Louisville, KY (solo)
1968: Galerie Springer, Berlin, Germany (solo)
Galerie Neuendorf, Hamburg, Germany (solo)
1967: Bodley Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Homage to Robert W. Service, Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Galerie Iolas, Paris, France
Around the Automobile, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Mixed Masters, University of St. Thomas, Houston, TX
1966: Copley - Entertainment for Men, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (solo)
Galerie Iolas, Paris, France (solo)
Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Hommage a Caissa: Exhibition for the Chess Foundation of the Duchamp Fund, Cordier & Ekstrom Gallery, New York, NY
Surrealist Exhibition, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
Le Portrait, Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris, France
25 Years of Art in San Diego, La Jolla Museum of Art, La Jolla, CA
1965: Allan Frumkin Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)
Southwestern College, Chula Vista, CA (solo)
Louisiana Gallery, Houston, TX (solo)
Pop Art, Noveau Realisme, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium
Surrealist Exhibition, Byron Gallery, New York, NY
Visiting Artists at the Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, CA
Group Show, Dwan Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1964: David Stuart Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
Selections from the L.M. Asher Collection, University Art Gallery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
New Directions in American Painting, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Nieuwe realisten, Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, The Netherlands
The Maremont Collection, Washington Gallery of Modern Art, Washington, DC
Le Surrealisme: Sources, Histoire, Affinities. Galerie Charpentier, Paris, France
1963: Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Les Suffragettes Erotiques de Bill Copley, Galerie Iris Clert, Paris, France (solo)
Hanover Gallery, London, UK
Pop Art USA, Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, CA
XIX Salon de Mai, Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
18 Salon de Realities Nouvelles, Musee Municipal d’Art Modern, Paris, France
Paris Lettriste, Galerie Schmidt, Paris, France
1962: Gallerie Arturo Schwarz, Milan, Italy (solo)
Collage out of California, Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, CA
Antagonismes 2: L’objet, Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Palais du Louvre, Pavillion de Marsan, Paris, France
Surrealismus: Phantastiche Malerei der Gegenwart, Kunstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria
XVIII Salon de Mai. Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
1961: The Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK (solo)
Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Galerie Iris Clert, Paris, France (solo)
XVII Salon de Mai. Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
Bewogen beweging-Rorelse i Konsten, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
1960: Galleria Cavallino, Venice, Italy (solo)
Galleria d'Arte del Naviglio, Milan, Italy (solo)
Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1959: Galerie Furstenberg, Paris, France (solo)
XVI Salon de Mai. Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
Exposition Internationale du Surrealisme, Galerie Daniel Cordier, Paris, France
Arte Fantastica, Museo de Castillo di San Giusto, Trieste, Italy
The Maremont Collection at the Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology at Crown Hall, Chicago, IL
1958: Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1957: Verzameling Urvater, Rijksmuseum Kroller-Muller, Otterlo: The Museum and Art Gallery, Leiscester; City of York Gallery; The Tate Gallery, London
1956: Galerie du Dragon, Paris, France (solo)
Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
XV Salon de Mai. Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
Exposition Internationale de l’art actuel, Nagaoka Museum, Nagaoka, Japan
1954: Galleria Montenapoleone, Milan, Italy (solo)
Americans in Paris, Galerie Arthur Craven, Paris, France
1953: Nina Dausset, Paris, France (solo)
1951: Royer's Book Shop, Los Angeles, CA (solo)

Public Collections

: Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aaru, Switzwerland
: Tate Museum, London, United Kingdom
: Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
: Staedel Museum, Frankfurt, Germany
: Sammlung Goetz, Munich, Germany
: Sammlung Falckenberg, Hamburg, Germany
: Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, NJ
: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
: Oberlin College Art Museum, Oberlin, OH
: Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Logan, UT
: Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
: Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Geneva, Switzerland
: Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, Miami, FL
: Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Chicago, IL
: Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna, Austria
: Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden, Germany
: Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
: Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
: The Menil Collectionm Houston, TX
: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
: Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany
: Israel Museum, Jerusalem
: Hessel Museum of Art, Bard College, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY
: Fondazione Prada, Milan, Italy
: Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
: Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
: Ulmer Museum, Ulm, Germany
: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY

William N. Copley

(American, 1919–1996)

William N. Copley

William N. Copley

William N. Copley

William N. Copley

William N. Copley

William N. Copley

Biography

Timeline

Exhibitions

Public Collections

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