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Kelly, Ellsworth (1923-2015)

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Name
Kelly, Ellsworth (1923-2015)
Nationality
American
Biography
Ellsworth Kelly (1923-2015) was an American painter, sculptor, and printmaker known for his minimalist and abstract works. Born in Newburgh, New York, Kelly studied at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn before serving in the Army during World War II. After the war, he studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and later at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Kelly's work is characterized by its simplicity, bold colors, and geometric shapes. He was a pioneer of the hard-edge painting movement and his work has been exhibited in major museums around the world, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Centre Pompidou in Paris. Throughout his career, Kelly received numerous awards and honors, including the National Medal of Arts in 2013. He passed away in 2015 at the age of 92, leaving behind a legacy as one of the most influential artists of the 20th century.
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Assets (50 in total)

Spectrum II, 1966-67 (oil on canvas)
Blue Red, 1964 (oil on canvas)
Train Landscape, 1952-53 (oil on canvas)
Green and Black, 1988 (oil on canvas)
Tableau Vert, 1952 (oil on wood)
Tropical Plant, St. Martin, 1981 (graphite on paper)
Magnolia, 1986 (pencil on cream paper)
Red-Orange Panel (acrylic lacquer on aluminum)
Green White, 1961 (oil on canvas)
Yellow Curve, 1962 (oil on canvas)
Red-Orange Panel (acrylic lacquer on aluminum)
Study for Cité: Brushstrokes Cut into Twenty Squares and Arranged by Chance, 1951 (collage of brush & black ink on off-white wove paper, cut and laid down with brown gummed paper tape on wood pulp board)
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