ELLSWORTH KELLY Cupecoy, 1984

Ellsworth Kelly is an American artist who expresses his vision through the mediums of painting, sculpture and printmaking. A member of the minimalist school of art, Kelly is also viewed by some as being a part of the surrealist movement. Introduced by his grandmother to birdwatching as a child, Ellsworth Kelly eventually developed a hard-earned painting style. Known for his simplicity of form, he is often compared with fellow artists, John McLaughlin and Kenneth Noland. In developing his artistic style, Ellsworth Kelly was heavily influenced by Louis Aggassiz Fuentes and John James Audubon. Ellsworth Kelly began his artistic studies at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. From there he went on to study at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and also at the Ecole National Superieure Beaux-Arts in Paris. Ellsworth Kelly's work has been featured at several predominant exhibitions, most notably at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1957. Less

Ellsworth Kelly is an American artist who expresses his vision through the mediums of painting, sculpture and printmaking. A member of the minimalist school of art, Kelly is also viewed by some as being a part of the surrealist movement. Introduced b More