Ellsworth Kelly

Details

Instance of

human

Born

31 May 1923

Died

27 December 2015

Place of birth

Newburgh, Newburgh

Place of death

Spencertown

Sex or gender

male

Given name

Ellsworth

Family name

Kelly

Movement

Minimalism, abstract art, hard-edge painting

Genre

hard-edge painting, shaped canvas, abstract art

Field of work

painting, graphics, art of sculpture

Occupation

sculptor, painter, designer, graphic artist, printmaker, draftsperson, artist

Citizenship

United States

Awards

Knight of the Legion of Honour, Praemium Imperiale, National Medal of Arts, The James Smithson Bicentennial Medal, Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres

artist files at

Philadelphia Museum of Art Library and Archives, Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library, Frick Art Research Library, College for Creative Studies Library, National Gallery of Art Library

cause of death

respiratory failure

copyright representative

reproduction right not represented by CISAC member, Ellsworth Kelly

educated at

Beaux-Arts de Paris, Pratt Institute

end of work period

2015

ethnic group

White Americans

has works in the collection

Städel Museum, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Auckland Art Gallery, Finnish National Gallery, Museum of Modern Art, Tate, National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Canada, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

influenced by

Henri Matisse

languages spoken, written or signed

English

manner of death

natural causes

member of

American Academy of Arts and Letters, Royal Academy of Arts, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Coenties Slip

name in native language

Ellsworth Kelly

notable work

Stele II

participant in

Documenta III, 4. documenta, Documenta 6, Documenta IX

represented by

Matthew Marks Gallery

start of work period

1938

work location

New York City, Paris, Paris

Authority files