biografia di Alfred COPLEY (1910-1992)

Birth place: Germany

Addresses: NYC

Profession: Painter, graphic artist

Studied: Dresden, Ger.

Exhibited: Galerie Bing, Paris, France, 1956 (solo), Suermondt Mus., Aachen, W. Ger., 1957 (solo); Stedelijk Mus., 1961 (solo); Byron Gallery, New York, 1964; Israel Mus., 1969-1970.

Member: Am Abstract Artists; Groupe Espace, Paris.

Work: MoMA; MOMA, Tokyo, Japan; Stedelijk Mus., Amsterdam, Holland; Israel Mus., Jerusalem; Nat. Gallery Iceland, Reykjavik. Commissions: Mural, Univ. Freiburg, Fed. Repub. Ger., 1958.

Comments: Preferred media: oils, acrylics, watercolors, inks. Positions: co-ed., Leonardo, Int. J. of Contemp. Artist, 1968-. Publications: Auth., Einsichten, drawings by Alcopley to poems by S E Broese, 1959, You don't say, 1962 & Alcopley listening to Heidegger and Hisamatsu, 1969; contribr., Cimaise, Paris, Bokubi, Kyoto, Japan, & numerous other publ.

Sources: WW73; Willem De Kooning & Franz Kline, On works of Mr Alcopley, (1952); Michael Seuphor, Ecritures-dessins d'Alcopley, (1954); Will Grohmann, Alcopley-voies et traces, (1961).