Bodley Gallery, Art gallery in Upper East Side, Manhattan, US.
Bodley Gallery was an art gallery on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, operating at three successive addresses along Madison Avenue over the course of its history. At its final address at 1063 Madison Avenue, it occupied three floors with natural lighting and white walls designed to display works without distraction.
The gallery opened in the late 1940s and stayed in operation through the early 1980s, with David Mann serving as its director throughout that period. Ownership remained with Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Braun for the full span of the gallery's life.
Madison Avenue was a gathering point for New York's art world in the mid-20th century, and the gallery sat at the heart of that scene. Collectors, critics, and artists regularly moved between the galleries along this stretch, treating it as a circuit rather than a single destination.
The gallery was located on Madison Avenue in the Upper East Side, a neighborhood best explored on foot since many other galleries and museums are within walking distance. Anyone interested in the art scene of this part of Manhattan should allow time to visit several nearby institutions in the same outing.
In 1956, the gallery presented two early exhibitions of Andy Warhol's work at a time when he was largely unknown outside of commercial illustration. These shows are counted among the first serious gallery presentations of his work in New York.
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