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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 | May 31, 1923 Newburgh, New York, U.S. |
| Died | December 27, 2015 (aged 92) Spencertown, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Field | Painting, sculpture, printmaking |
| Training | Pratt Institute École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
| Influenced by | Henri Matisse Pablo Picasso Romanesque and Byzantine art Surrealism Neo-Plasticism |
| Awards | Praemium Imperiale |
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.
Kelly died in Spencertown, New York on December 27, 2015 of respiratory failure at the age of 92.
Images for kids
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Ellsworth Kelly, The Meschers, 1951, oil on canvas, 59 × 59 inches, Museum of Modern Art. Kelly was a pioneer of hard-edge painting in the 1940s and 1950s.
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White Curves (2002), made of white aluminium, in the garden of the Fondation Beyeler in Riehen, Switzerland