Minimalist painter and sculptor, Ellsworth Kelly explains, "By removing the content from my work I shifted the visual reality of painting to include the space around it." Kelly was born May 31, 1923... Read full biography
Minimalist painter and sculptor, Ellsworth Kelly explains, "By removing the content from my work I shifted the visual reality of painting to include the space around it." Kelly was born May 31, 1923 in Newburgh, New York. He studied at Pratt Institute* Brooklyn, from 1941 to 1943. After military... Read full biography
Minimalist painter and sculptor, Ellsworth Kelly explains, "By removing the content from my work I shifted the visual reality of painting to include the space around it." Kelly was born May 31, 1923 in Newburgh, New York. He studied at Pratt Institute* Brooklyn, from 1941 to 1943. After military service from 1943 to 1945, he attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, from 1946 to 1947. Kelly studied art in Paris from 1948 to 1954, when post-war Paris was the home of European... Read full biography
Minimalist painter and sculptor, Ellsworth Kelly explains, "By removing the content from my work I shifted the visual reality of painting to include the space around it." Kelly was born May 31, 1923 in Newburgh, New York. He studied at Pratt Institute* Brooklyn, from 1941 to 1943. After military service from 1943 to 1945, he attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, from 1946 to 1947. Kelly studied art in Paris from 1948 to 1954, when post-war Paris was the home of European Abstraction and the avant-garde*. He enrolled at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts* in Paris under the G.I. Bill, although he attended classes infrequently. In France, he discovered Romanesque* art and architecture and Byzantine art. He was also introduced to... Read full biography
Minimalist painter and sculptor, Ellsworth Kelly explains, "By removing the content from my work I shifted the visual reality of painting to include the space around it." Kelly was born May 31, 1923 in Newburgh, New York. He studied at Pratt Institute* Brooklyn, from 1941 to 1943. After military service from 1943 to 1945, he attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, from 1946 to 1947. Kelly studied art in Paris from 1948 to 1954, when post-war Paris was the home of European Abstraction and the avant-garde*. He enrolled at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts* in Paris under the G.I. Bill, although he attended classes infrequently. In France, he discovered Romanesque* art and architecture and Byzantine art. He was also introduced to Surrealism* and Neo-Plasticism*, which led him to experiment with automatic drawing and geometric abstraction*.... Read full biography
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About Ellsworth Kelly: Books
Books & Publications (212)
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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 360 Views on the Collection (Exhibition catalog)
2016
Block, Judy and Suzanne Stein, Editors
360 pages (color)
New Art City: Manhattan at Mid-century
2009
Perl, Jed
656 pages (color)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Drawn From Nature: The Plant Lithographs of Ellsworth Kelly
2005
Axsom, Richard H
0 pages
The Shape of Colour: Excursions in Colour Field Art (Art Gallery of Ontario) (Exhibition catalog)
2005
Cheetham, Mark; Matthew Teitelbaum, David Moos
120 pages (color)
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition)
2004
McGowan, Alison C (Editor)
1,512 pages
Ellsworth Kelly in Dallas
2004
Wylie, Charles
56 pages (color)
Lorser Feitelson and the Invention of Hard Edge Painting: 1945-1965 (Exhibition catalog)
2003
Hopkins, Henry; Michael Duncan
100 pages (color)
Ellsworth Kelly in San Francisco
2002
Grynsztejn, Madeleine; J Myers
0 pages (color)
Four Artists of the Stieglitz Circle: A Sourcebook
2002
Harnsberger, A Scott
333 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
American Visions The Epic History of Art in America
1997
Hughes, Robert
635 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1997-1998
1997
Marquis Who's Who
1,515 pages
Addison Gallery of American Art 65 Years A Selective Catalogue (Exhibition catalog)
1996
Addison Gallery
512 pages (color)
Accents on Artists A fact-filled pronunciation guide. Over 800 artist’s names you should know…
1996
Barbara and Peter Toohil
363 pages (color)
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden 195 Works of Art
1996
Demetrion, James T (Introduction)
166 pages (color)
American Images/The SBC Collection of 20th Century American Art
1996
Hopps, Walter (others)
320 pages (color)
City of Ambition Artists and New York, 1900-1960 (Exhibition catalog)
1996
Sussman, Elizabeth
144 pages (color)
The Art Institute of Chicago Twentieth Century Painting and Sculpture
1996
Wood, James N/T Edelstein
160 pages (color)
Made in America Ten Centuries of American Art
1995
Adams, H. and Johnson, K.
192 pages (color)
Drawing the Line Reappraising Drawing Past and Present (Exhibition catalog)
1995
Craig-Martin, Michael
108 pages (color)
Art Since 1940 Strategies of Being
1995
Fineberg, Jonathan
496 pages (color)
Views from Abroad European Perspectives on American Art (Exhibition catalog)
1995
Fuchs, Rudi/Adam D Weinberg
127 pages (color)
Printmaking in America Collaborative Prints and Presses 1960-1990
1995
Hansen, Trudy (others)
248 pages (color)
History of Art: A Survey of the Major Visual Arts From the Dawn of History to the Present Day
1995
Janson, H W; Dora Jane Janson
960 pages (color)
Art Today
1995
Lucie-Smith, Edward
512 pages (color)
Masterworks in the Robert & Jane Meyerhoff Collection
1995
Mattison, Robert S
200 pages (color)
The Avant-Garde in Exhibition New Art in the 20th Century (Exhibition catalog)
1994
Altshuler, Bruce
288 pages (color)
American Art History and Culture
1994
Craven, Wayne
687 pages (color)
Making It New Essays, Interviews and Talks
1994
Geldzahler, Henry
369 pages
Sculpture An Illustrated Catalogue (Exhibition catalog)
1994
National Gallery of Art
283 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)
1993
Bowker R R
1,473 pages
Coenties Slip (Exhibition catalog)
1993
Glimcher, Mildred
76 pages (color)
American Art in the 20th Century Painting and Sculpture 1913-1993 (Exhibition catalog)
1993
Joachimides, Christos (others)
490 pages (color)
Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes
1993
Kostelanetz, Richard
246 pages
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art A Handbook of the Collection
1993
Ward, Roger and Patricia J Fidler (Compilers and Editors)
414 pages (color)
Ellsworth Kelly The Years in France 1948-1954 (Exhibition catalog)
1992
Bois, Yve-Alain (others)
207 pages (color)
A Nation's Legacy 150 Years of American Art from Ohio Collections (Exhibition catalog)
1992
Columbus Museum of Art
198 pages (color)
American Artists In Their New York Studios
1992
Gotz, Stephan
175 pages (color)
American Paintings An Illustrated Catalogue (Exhibition catalog)
1992
National Gallery of Art
545 pages
Art in the Age of Aquarius, 1955-1970
1992
Seitz, William C
250 pages (color)
Ellsworth Kelly At Right Angles 1964-1966 (Exhibition catalog)
1991
Bernstein, Roberta
32 pages (color)
Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook (of the Collection)
1991
Cleveland Museum of Art
161 pages
Betty Parsons Artist, Dealer, Collector
1991
Hall, Lee
192 pages (color)
Explorations The Visual Arts since 1945
1991
Hoffman, Katherine
400 pages (color)
Large Scale Works on Paper (Exhibition catalog)
1991
John Berggruen Gallery
47 pages (color)
Von der Avantgarde bis zur Postmoderne/die Malerei des 20 Jahrhunderts
1991
Murken, Axel/Christa Murken
358 pages (color)
Art Since Mid Century 1945 to the Present
1991
Wheeler, Daniel
344 pages (color)
First Impressions Early Prints by Forty-six Contemporary Artists (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Armstrong, Elizabeth
149 pages (color)
Art in Place Fifteen Years of Acquisition (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Armstrong, Tom/Susan C Larsen
230 pages (color)
Abstraction, Geometry, Painting Geometric Abstract Painting in America since 1945 (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Auping, Michael
232 pages (color)
The Story of Modern Art
1989
Lynton, Norbert
400 pages (color)
Leon Polk Smith (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Monery, Jean-Paul
126 pages (color)
Contemporary Artists (3rd Edition)
1989
Naylor, Colin (editor)
1,059 pages
Constructive Concepts:A History Constructive Art from Cubism to the Present
1989
Rotzler, Willy
332 pages (color)
Minimalism Art of Circumstance
1988
Baker, Kenneth
144 pages (color)
John Berggruen Gallery Works on Paper (Exhibition catalog)
1988
Berggruen, John
97 pages (color)
A Concise History of Modern Painting
1988
Read, Herbert
418 pages (color)
Autocritique Essays on Art and Anti-Art
1988
Rose, Barbara
293 pages
American Art of the 1960s
1988
Sandler, Irving
412 pages (color)
The Prints of Ellsworth Kelly A Catalogue Raisonne 1949-1985
1987
Axsom, Richard /Phylis Floyd
200 pages (color)
20th Century Drawings from the Whitney Museum of American Art
1987
Cummings, Paul
176 pages (color)
Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition)
1987
Cummings, Paul
653 pages
Albright-Knox Art Gallery Painting and Sculpture/Acquisitions since 1972
1987
Krane, Susan
379 pages (color)
The Empire State Collection Art for the Public
1987
Sandler, Irving
214 pages (color)
125 Masterpieces: From the Collection of Albright-Knox
1987
Schultz, Douglas (Intro)
264 pages (color)
Ellsworth Kelly Works on Paper (Exhibition catalog)
1987
Upright, Diane
212 pages (color)
Understanding Abstract Art
1987
Whitford, Frank
160 pages (color)
The Window in Twentieth Century A (Exhibition catalog)
1986
Delehanty, Suzanne
105 pages (color)
An American Renaissance Painting and Sculpture Since 1940 (Exhibition catalog)
1986
Hunter, Sam
269 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986
Jaques Cattell Press
1,292 pages
50 New York Artists
1986
Marshall, Richard
118 pages (color)
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
Definitive Statements: American Art 1964-66 Brown University Department of Art (Exhibition catalog)
1986
Plante, Michael; Christopher Campbell, Megan Fox, et all
181 pages
Rose Art Museum Selected 20th Century Paintings
1986
Rose Art Museum
147 pages (color)
American Painting: The Twentieth Century (Second edition)
1986
Rose, Barbara
170 pages (color)
Artists Observed
1986
Stein, Harvey
160 pages
Forty Years of Modern Art 1945-19 (Exhibition catalog)
1986
Tate Gallery
120 pages (color)
300 Years of American Art (two volumes)
1986
Zellman, Michael David
1,102 pages (color)
Twentieth Century Artists on Art
1985
Ashton, Dore (Editor)
302 pages
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Paintings and Sculpture Collection
1985
DuPont, Diana, K Holland
402 pages (color)
Cinquante Ans de Dessins Americai 1930-1980 (Exhibition catalog)
1985
Ecole Nationale/Beaux-Arts
290 pages (color)
American Artists: An Illustrated Survey of Leading Contemporary Americans
1985
Krantz, Les
347 pages (color)
With an Eye to American Art (Exhibition catalog)
1985
Miller, Dorothy C
16 pages
American Painting and Sculpture A Concise History
1984
Baigell, Mathew
420 pages
100 Works by Modern Masters From the Guggenheim Museum
1984
Barnett, Vivian Endicott
211 pages (color)
Dallas Museum of Art Selected Works
1984
Bromberg, Anne R
219 pages (color)
The Art Dealers The Powers Behind the Scenes Tell How
1984
DeCoppet, Laura/Alan Jones
320 pages
Reflections of Nature Flowers in American Art
1984
Foshay, Ellen M
202 pages (color)
Twentieth Century American Drawin from the Arkansas Arts Center (Exhibition catalog)
1984
Glover, John/Townsend Wolfe
95 pages
The Museum of Modern Art, New York The History and the Collection
1984
Hunter, Sam
599 pages (color)
Movements in Art since 1945 New Revised Edition
1984
Lucie-Smith, Edward
288 pages (color)
World Artists 1950-1980
1984
Marks, Claude
912 pages
Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present
1984
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
656 pages
California Museums The Los Angeles Times Book of
1984
Wilson, William
288 pages (color)
100 Masterpieces of American Painting from Public Collections Washington D C
1983
Brown, Milton W
240 pages (color)
Prints A Collector's Guide
1983
Kaplan, Ellen
253 pages
Drawing in Air Sculptors' Drawing 1882-1982 (Exhibition catalog)
1983
Knipe, Tony (editor)
187 pages (color)
The First Show (1940-1980) Painting and Sculpture from Eight Collections (Exhibition catalog)
1983
Museum of Contemporary Art
293 pages (color)
American Works on Paper 100 Years of American Art History (Exhibition catalog)
1983
Smith Kramer Art Connections
113 pages (color)
American Art Since 1945
1982
Ashton, Dore
224 pages (color)
The Americans/The Collage (Exhibition catalog)
1982
Contemporary Arts Museum
143 pages (color)
American Paintings at Yale University: An illustrated Checklist (Exhibition catalog)