Ellsworth Kelly
Ellsworth Kelly was one of America’s greatest 20th century abstract artists, known for his numerous contributions to the Minimalist, Color Field, and Hard-Edge Abstraction movements. As a proponent of pure color and form, Kelly’s work often consisted of bright, monochromatic shaped canvases and sculptures. He derived much of his source material from the observation of everyday life, and was influenced by painters Ad Reinhardt and Henri Matisse. Kelly studied Applied Arts at the Pratt Institute, New York.
Selected Exhibitions
2017
Ellsworth Kelly In Focus, Tate Liverpool
Ellsworth Kelly Last Paintings, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
Ellsworth Kelly Plant Drawings, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
Fruits & Flowers, The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY
Slow Curve, The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY
2016
Ellsworth Kelly: Anthology, Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar, Netherlands
Ellsworth Kelly Photographs, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
Plant Lithographs 1964-1966, Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina Greensboro, NC
2010
Abstract Resistance, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
2005
Quartet: Johns, Kelly, Mitchell, Motherwell, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
1994
The Process of Seeing, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
Collections
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain
Tate Modern, London, England
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Menil Collection, Houston, TX
The Broad, CA
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York