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1962. oil, lace and collage on canvas. 32 x 24 3/4 in. (81.3 x 65.4 cm) The Menil Collection, Houston. Photo: Paul Hester. William N. Copley, also known as CPLY, was a painter, writer, gallerist, art patron, publisher, and art entrepreneur.
William N. Copley was an American artist known for his erotic and humorous paintings of faceless figures. Also a collector, writer, and gallerist, his space Copley Galleries exhibited Surrealist works by René Magritte, Marcel Duchamp, and Max Ernst in postwar Los Angeles.
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Jan 17, 2020 · William N. Copley (1919–1996), is celebrated today for his unique contribution to post-war painting, providing a singular connection between European Surrealism and American Pop Art.
Copley's paintings were primarily acrylics on linen and canvas, and his writings included the essay Portrait of the Artist as a Young Art Dealer as well as the news columns he wrote as a columnist for his father's newspapers. The artist died on May 7, 1996.
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Americans in Paris: Artists working in Postwar France, 1946–1962, The Grey Art Museum, New York University, New York. William N. Copley, also known as CPLY, was a painter, writer, gallerist, art patron, publisher, and art entrepreneur.
William N. Copley's art is based on the traditions of Dada and Surrealism as well as American Pop Art. Beginning his own work in Los Angeles in the late 40’s, he left America for Paris in 1951. There he fell in with the Surrealists André Breton, Man Ray, and René Magritte, among others.
Aug 24, 2015 · Their ringleader was the cerebral artist Richard Hamilton, now known as the progenitor of British Pop, who made collages and paintings inspired by glossy printed ads.
