Alfred L. Copley
Alfred Lewin Copley was a German-American medical scientist and an artist at the New [York School (art)|New York School] in the 1950s. As an artist he worked under the name L. Alcopley. He is best known as an artist for his abstract expressionist paintings, and as a scientist for his work in the field of hemorheology. He was married to the Icelandic artist Nína Tryggvadóttir.
Work as a medical scientist
Copley studied the rheology of blood. In 1948, he introduced the word biorheology to describe rheology in biological systems. In 1952, he introduced the word hemorheology, to describe the study of the way blood and blood vessels function as part of the living organism. In 1966, he established the International Society of Hemorheology, which changed its name and scope in 1969 to the International Society of Biorheology. In 1972, the ISB awarded him its Poiseuille gold medal.Work as an artist
In 1949, he was one of twenty artists who founded the Eighth Street Club. The group also included Franz Kline, Willem de Kooning and Alcopley's close friend, the composer Edgard Varèse.He participated in the 9th [Street Art Exhibition|Ninth Street Show] in 1951 and had a solo exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam in 1962. His work is held in the collection of the National [Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo].
Books
- Alfred L Copley; Alex Silberberg,
- Marika Herskovic, . p. 12; p. 18; p. 36; pp. 54–57
- Müller-Yao, Marguerite Hui: Der Einfluß der Kunst der chinesischen Kalligraphie auf die westliche informelle Malerei, Diss. Bonn, Köln 1985.
- Müller-Yao, Marguerite: Informelle Malerei und chinesische Kalligrafie, in: Informel, Begegnung und Wandel,, Dortmund 2002,
- Rolf Wedewer: Die Malerei des Informel. Weltverlust und Ich-Behauptung, Deutscher Kunstverlag, München, 2007.
Category:20th-century American painters
Category:American male painters
Category:Modern painters
Category:Painters from [New York City]
Category:Rheologists
Category:1910 births
Category:1992 deaths
Category:German emigrants to the United States
Category:20th-century American male artists