Ellsworth Kelly
Ellsworth Kelly (May 31, 1923 – December 27, 2015) was an American painter, sculptor, and printmaker. He worked with hard-edge painting, Color Field painting and the minimalist school. His works showed unique techniques showing simplicity of form, similar to the work of John McLaughlin and Kenneth Noland.
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Ellsworth Kelly arrives at LACMA’s gala opening of the Broad Contemporary Art Museum on February 9, 2008 in Los Angeles | |
Born | Newburgh, New York, U.S. | May 31, 1923
Died | December 27, 2015 Spencertown, New York, U.S. | (aged 92)
Nationality | American |
Field | Painting, sculpture, printmaking |
Training | Pratt Institute École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
Awards | Praemium Imperiale |
Kelly died in Spencertown, New York on December 27, 2015 of respiratory failure at the age of 92.[1]
Ellsworth Kelly Media
White Curves (2002), made of white aluminium, in the garden of the Fondation Beyeler in Riehen, Switzerland
Austin at the Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX
References
- ↑ Cotter, Holland. "Ellsworth Kelly, Artist Who Mixed European Abstraction Into Everyday Life, Dies at 92". New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/28/arts/design/ellsworth-kelly-artist-who-mixed-european-abstraction-into-everyday-life-dies-at-92.html. Retrieved 28 December 2015.