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.
« My forms are geometric, but they don't interact in a geometric sense. They're just forms that exist everywhere,
even if you don't see them.»
– Ellsworth Kelly
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. Ells
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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.
« My forms are geometric, but they don't interact in a geometric sense. They're just forms that exist everywhere,
even if you don't see them.»
– Ellsworth Kelly
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. (
Artist website)
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