# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-copley
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:39:48.604Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-copley"
name: "William Copley"
slug: "william-copley"
description: "William N. Copley also known as CPLY, was an American painter, writer, gallerist, collector, patron, publisher and art entrepreneur. His works as an artist have been classified as late Surrealist and precursory to Pop art."
tagline: "American artist, art dealer, gallerist (1919-1996)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paolo_Monti_-_Servizio_fotografico_-_BEIC_6342542.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1919-01-24"
deathDate: "1996-05-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.24
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.813644
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A"
    title: "ويليام كوبلي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%89"
    title: "ويليام كوبلى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Copley"
    title: "William Copley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Copley_(artist)"
    title: "William Copley (artist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Nelson_Copley"
    title: "William Nelson Copley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2578319"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump