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Ellsworth Kelly
American • 1923-2015
Biography
Acting as a vital contributor to the Abstract movement, Ellsworth Kelly focused on color and composition. Becoming inspired by ornithology and the bold coloring of birds, Kelly used a two or three pigment color palette — painted flatly and geometrically — on his canvases. While living in Paris, the artist used Monet's late works as a base for experimenting with expressionism and serial work
Insights
Kelly had his first New York solo exhibition at Betty Parsons Gallery.