Galerie Friese
Galerie Friese

WILLIAM N. COPLEY

Biography

1919Born in New York
1932–1936Studies at the Phillips Academy in Andover
1936–1938Studies at Yale University
1942–1946Military Service in Italy and North Africa
1947–1948Director of the Copley Galleries in Beverly Hills, California
1947Beginning of own artistic work, primarily painting
1951–1964Stay in Paris
1965–1979Lives and works in New York
1980–1991Lives and works in Roxbury, Connecticut
1992–1996Lives and works in Key West, Florida
1996Died in Key West, Florida
  

Solo Exhibitions (Selection)

2024 See Yourself As Lovers See You. William N. Copley & Dorothy Iannone, Sammlung Philara, Düsseldorf 2023 William N. Copley. Enfant Terrible, Galerie Friese, Berlin 2022 Works on Paper, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin 2020 The New York Years, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York 2018 William N. Copley. The Coffin They Carry You Off In, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami 2016 William N. Copley: The World According to CPLY, The Menil Collection, Houston / Fondazione Prada, Milan 2012 Copley, Museum Frieder Burda, Baden Baden / Max Ernst Museum Brühl des LVR, Brühl / Stiftung Ahlers Pro Arte / Kestner Pro Arte, Hannover 2004 William N. Copley. Au bonheur des dames, 1958-1990, Mamco – Musée d’art moderne et contemporain, Geneva 1997 William N. Copley - True Confessions, Ulmer Museum, Ulm 1986 William Copley: The Tomb of the Unknown Whore, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York 1980-1981 Kunsthalle, Bern | Musée national d’art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris | Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven 1974 CPLY/X-RATED, New York Cultural Center, New York 1966 Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York | Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam 1961 Institute of Contemporary Arts, London | Galerie Iris Clert, Paris 1951 Royer’s Book Shop, Los Angeles

 

Group Exhibitions (Selection)

2024 Garden of Earthly Delight, Galerie Friese, Berlin 2021 Impasse Ronsin. Mord, Liebe und Kunst im Herzen von Paris, Museum Tinguely, Basel 2017 America! America! How Real Is Real?, Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden 2003 Imagine – Selections from the permanent collection, Museum of Contemporary Art – North Miami (MOCA), Miami 1996 A Labor of Love, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York 1985 Cinquante ans de dessins américains: 1930-1980, École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris 1982 documenta 7, Kassel 1980 The Figurative Tradition and The Whitney Museum of American Art, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York 1978 Aspekte der 60er Jahre aus der Sammlung Reinhard Onnasch, Nationalgalerie, Berlin 1968 The Obsessive Image 1960-1968, ICA - Institute of Contemporary Arts, London 1961 Rörelse i konsten, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam / Moderna Museet, Stockholm 1954 Americans in Paris, Galerie Arthur Cravan, Paris

WILLIAM N. COPLEY

Biography

1919Born in New York
1932–1936Studies at the Phillips Academy in Andover
1936–1938Studies at Yale University
1942–1946Military Service in Italy and North Africa
1947–1948Director of the Copley Galleries in Beverly Hills, California
1947Beginning of own artistic work, primarily painting
1951–1964Stay in Paris
1965–1979Lives and works in New York
1980–1991Lives and works in Roxbury, Connecticut
1992–1996Lives and works in Key West, Florida
1996Died in Key West, Florida
  

Solo Exhibitions (Selection)

2024 See Yourself As Lovers See You. William N. Copley & Dorothy Iannone, Sammlung Philara, Düsseldorf 2023 William N. Copley. Enfant Terrible, Galerie Friese, Berlin 2022 Works on Paper, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin 2020 The New York Years, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York 2018 William N. Copley. The Coffin They Carry You Off In, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami 2016 William N. Copley: The World According to CPLY, The Menil Collection, Houston / Fondazione Prada, Milan 2012 Copley, Museum Frieder Burda, Baden Baden / Max Ernst Museum Brühl des LVR, Brühl / Stiftung Ahlers Pro Arte / Kestner Pro Arte, Hannover 2004 William N. Copley. Au bonheur des dames, 1958-1990, Mamco – Musée d’art moderne et contemporain, Geneva 1997 William N. Copley - True Confessions, Ulmer Museum, Ulm 1986 William Copley: The Tomb of the Unknown Whore, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York 1980-1981 Kunsthalle, Bern | Musée national d’art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris | Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven 1974 CPLY/X-RATED, New York Cultural Center, New York 1966 Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York | Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam 1961 Institute of Contemporary Arts, London | Galerie Iris Clert, Paris 1951 Royer’s Book Shop, Los Angeles

 

Group Exhibitions (Selection)

2024 Garden of Earthly Delight, Galerie Friese, Berlin 2021 Impasse Ronsin. Mord, Liebe und Kunst im Herzen von Paris, Museum Tinguely, Basel 2017 America! America! How Real Is Real?, Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden 2003 Imagine – Selections from the permanent collection, Museum of Contemporary Art – North Miami (MOCA), Miami 1996 A Labor of Love, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York 1985 Cinquante ans de dessins américains: 1930-1980, École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris 1982 documenta 7, Kassel 1980 The Figurative Tradition and The Whitney Museum of American Art, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York 1978 Aspekte der 60er Jahre aus der Sammlung Reinhard Onnasch, Nationalgalerie, Berlin 1968 The Obsessive Image 1960-1968, ICA - Institute of Contemporary Arts, London 1961 Rörelse i konsten, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam / Moderna Museet, Stockholm 1954 Americans in Paris, Galerie Arthur Cravan, Paris