William Copley (artist) occurring in America when he returned to New York in the 1960s. Artists like Andy Warhol, Christo, Roy Lichtenstein and many others were frequent visitors at Copley's studio on Lower Broadway. Copley believed that pop art had always interested him, claiming American pop art had much to do with "self-disgust" and "satire." In 1967, after a divorce with his second wife, Noma, Copley and new friend Dmitri Petrov decided to publish portfolios of 20th-century artist collaborations with the abbreviation SMS (for "Shit Must Stop"). Copley's Upper West Side loft became a meeting place for performers, artists, curators, and composers to
David Johnson (American artist) reception from his colleagues, but which paralleled the dilemma faced by Hudson River school painters seeking to stay relevant as aesthetic tastes changed. "Bayside, New Rochelle, New York" (below) is an example of Johnson's later work, when the Barbizon influence eclipsed his earlier debt to the Hudson River school. Johnson died in Walden, New York, in 1908. Howat, John K. et al. "American Paradise: The World of the Hudson River School", Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1987. David Johnson (American artist) David Johnson (May 10, 1827 – January 30, 1908) was a member of the second generation of Hudson