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
Kelly's Austin on the grounds of the Blanton Museum of Art in Austin, Texas.
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.