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1919
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Born in New York City
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1996
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Died in Key West
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Educated at Phillips Academy and Yale University
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1942-46
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Military service in Africa and Italy
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1947-48
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Directs Copley Galleries in Beverly Hills (with John Ployardt). Exhibits Magritte, Matta, Joseph Cornell, Man Ray, Tanguy, Max Ernst. This program does not attract collectors and the gallery closes.
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1947
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Begins to paint
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1951
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Moves to Paris
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1963
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Returns to New York
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1992
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Moves to Key West where he lives until his death.
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| 2009 | Die Gegenwart der Linie, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich | |
| In A Room Anything Can Happen, CCS Bard Hessel Museum, Annandale-on-Hudson | ||
| Exile on Main St. , Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht | ||
| 2008 | Diana und Aktaion. Der verbotene Blick auf die Nackheit, Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf | |
| Sammelstücke - Collector Works, Galerie Bode, Nuremberg | ||
| Carte Blanche III: Gedichte der Fakten, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig | ||
| Die Hände der Kunst, MARTa Herford | ||
| Liebe. Love - PAARE, Gustav-Lübcke-Museum, Hamm | ||
| 2007 | Liebe. Love. Paare., Museum im Kulturspeicher, Würzburg | |
| ROCKERS ISLAND. Olbricht Collection, Museum Folkwang, Essen | ||
| AFFINITIES, Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin | ||
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41. ART COLOGNE 2007, ART COLOGNE, Cologne
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| OPEN SPACE 2007, ART COLOGNE, Cologne | ||
| William N. Copley, Linn Lühn, Cologne | ||
| Sixties! Gemeentemuseum Den Haag | ||
| 2006 | Six Feet Under, Kunstmuseum, Berne | |
| Models and Prototypes, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis | ||
| Ele-Mental, David Nolan Gallery, New York | ||
| Collage Effect, 1301 PE, Los Angels | ||
| William N. Copley, Galerie manus presse, Stuttgart | ||
| William N. Copley, David Nolan Gallery, New York | ||
| 2005 | Bilderwechsel III, Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden | |
| Funny Cuts, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart | ||
| SAMMLUNG FRIEDER BURDA, Kunsthalle Baden-Baden | ||
| 2004 | William N. Copley. Au bonheur des dames, Mamco, Geneva | |
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Thomas Schütte
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William N. Copley: S.M.S., Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
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Galerie Daniel Blau, Munich
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2003
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Nolan / Eckman Gallery, New York
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“Easy to Read Storybook“, BAWAG Foundation, Vienna
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2002
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“Drawings 1956 – 1994“, Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich
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2001
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Nolan / Eckman Gallery, New York
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Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht
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2000
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Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York
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1999
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Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich
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L.A.C., Lieu d'Art Contemporain, Sigean
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1998
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Galerie Lelong, Zurich
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Galerie Onrust, Amsterdam
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Nolan / Eckman Gallery, New York
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1997
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Ulmer Museum, Ulm
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Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich
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1996
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Nolan / Eckman Gallery, New York
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1995
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Kestener-Gesellschaft, Hamburg (Retrospective)
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Galerie Lelong, Zurich
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1994
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Nolan / Eckman Gallery New York
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1993
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Galerie Zell am See, Schloss Rosenberg
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Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin
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1991
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David Nolan Gallery, New York
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Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich
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Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York & Chicago
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1990
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Galerie Klewan, Munich
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Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago
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1988
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Galerie 1900/2000, Paris
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1987
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Kewenig Galerie, Frechen-Bachem
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Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York
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1986
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“The Tomb of the Unknown Whore“ (Installation), Workspace, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York
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1985
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Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York
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The Quay Gallery, San Francisco
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1983
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“Post-Raphaelite Painting by William N. Copley“, Reinhard Onnasch Ausstellungen, Berlin
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Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York
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1982
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Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago
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1981
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“CPLY“, Galerie Klewan, Münchener Künstler Werkstatt, Lothringerstrasse, Munich
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Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York
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Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York
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1980
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Traveling Retrospective: Badischer Kunstverein e.V., Karlsruhe / Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven / Musee National D'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris / Kunsthalle Bern, Bern
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Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York
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1979
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“CPLY: Reflections on a Past Life“, Institute for the Arts, Rice University, Houston
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“CPLY / X-Rated Paintings“, Galerie Fassbender, Munich
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1978
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“Variations on a Theme by Francis Picabia“, David Stuart Galleries, Los Angeles
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Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York
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Galerie Rudolf Zwirner, Cologne
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Galerie Fassbender, Munich
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Galerie Springer, Berlin
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Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York
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1977
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Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago
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1976
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Washington Art Association, Washington
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David Stuart Galleries, Los Angeles
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Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York
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1974
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“Western Songs“, Onnasch Galerie, Cologne
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Onnasch Gallery, New York
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Moore College of Art, Philadelphia
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“CPLY / X-Rated“, New York Cultural Center, New York
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1973
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Gallerie Il Fauna, Turin
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1972
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Gallery Suzanne Saxe, San Francisco
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Galerie Iolas, Milan & Paris
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Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York
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David Stuart Galleries, Los Angeles
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1971
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“Nouns“, Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York
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1970
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Galerie Aspects, Brussels
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Galerie Neuendorf, Cologne
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Galerie Springer, Berlin
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1969
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“Ballads“, Galerie Iolas, Geneva
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Galerie de Leone, Venice
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Merida Gallery, Louisville
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1967
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Bodley Gallery, New York
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“Homage to Robert W. Service“, Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York
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Galerie Iolas, Paris
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1966
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“Copley – Entertainment for Men“, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
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Galerie Iolas, Paris
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Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York
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1965
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Allan Frumkin Gallery, Chicago
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Southwestern College, Chula Vista
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Louisiana Gallery, Houston
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1963
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Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York
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“Les Suffragettes Erotiques de Bill Copley“, Galerie Iris Clert, Paris
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The Hanover Gallery, London
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Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York
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1962
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Gallerie Schwarz, Milan
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1961
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The Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
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Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York
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1960
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Galleria Cavallino, Venice
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Galleria d'Arte del Naviglio, Milan
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Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York
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1959
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Galerie Furstenberg, Paris
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1958
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Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York
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1956
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Galerie du Dragon, Paris
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Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York
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1954
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Galleria Montenapoleone, Milan
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1953
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Nina Dausset, Paris
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1951
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Royer's Book Shop, Los Angeles
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