Ellsworth Kelly

Color as structure

Ellsworth Kelly was an American painter and sculptor whose work developed from direct observation and a desire to eliminate gesture. His canvases feature hard-edged shapes—often derived from shadows, architecture, or nature—filled with pure, saturated color.

Kelly’s sculptures extend this vocabulary into three dimensions, using simple curves and reliefs to activate wall and floor space.

Ellsworth Kelly was an American artist known for pure color fields, hard-edged shapes, and minimal sculptural forms.

Ellsworth Kelly was an American painter and sculptor known for pure color shapes and minimal, hard-edged abstraction.

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