Ellsworth KELLY
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String Bean Leaves I ©Ellsworth Kelly 1965-66 |
Lemon Branch ©Ellsworth Kelly 1965-66 |
Born in Newburgh, New York in 1923, Ellsworth Kelly is a major figure
in American painting, sculpture and printmaking. Inspired by the simplicity
of shadows or the space between two objects, he abstracts objects in reality.
Kelly's gesture is preserved through his unique method of printing. Adhering
to his artistic principals of using decisive edges and line, his lithographs
are created with smooth paper that holds the ink on top, rather than absorbing
it. He often uses transfer paper allowing the reverse image to be applied
to the plate or stone, which frees his images from the encumbered look
that hesitation might bring to such simplified images. The lithograph
is then printed as he first created it, retaining its original gesture.
Kelly's prints and paintings are masterful examples of reality reduced
to its elemental truth and beauty.
Kelly's works can be found in numerous public collections including Centre Pompidou, Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris, France; Fondation Beyeler, Basel, Swizerland; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain; Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany; Museum für Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe, Gemany; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas; Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany; Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, Missouri; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, New York; Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus Kunstbau, Munich, Germany; Tate Modern, London, England; and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York.
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