Maleriet, der gjorde Ellsworth Kelly berømt, er Blue Green Red (1963); det hænger på Metropolitan Museum of Art i New York. Cite (1951) og Red Yellow Blue White and Black (1953) følger efter i samlernes og museumsgæsternes hjerter. Af de 28 værker af Ellsworth Kelly i vores katalog er disse 26 de mest beundrede, hver præsenteret med sit årstal, sit museum og det, der gør værket unikt.
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Ellsworth Kelly's "Blue Green Red," created in 1963, stands as a cornerstone of Hard Edge Painting—a movement that championed uncompromising simplicity and directness within abstract art. Unlike many artists of his era who wrestled with illusionistic depth or expressive brushstrokes, Kelly approached abstraction by meticulously observing the world around him, translating visual sensations into geometric forms rendered in bold, unmodulated colors.
The artwork Cité consists of twenty joined panels of wood. The surface features a grid-like arrangement of rectangular shapes in black and off-white. These rectangles interlock and overlap across the wooden support. Some shapes are oriented horizontally, while others are positioned vertically. The edges of these forms are defined by straight, precise lines. The color palette is restricted to two tones: a deep black and an off-white that appears as…
Red Yellow Blue White and Black is an artwork by the American artist Ellsworth Kelly. Created in 1953, this piece reflects a period in the artist's career following his time in Europe. Ellsworth Kelly was born in Newburgh, New York, in 1923 and remained active in the American art scene until his death in Spencertown, New York, in 2015.
Small squares of red, blue, and yellow float within a dark void. They do not follow a predictable sequence. Instead, they drift across a black field like light caught in a sudden shadow. This arrangement relies on the repetition of uniform shapes, creating a rhythmic pulse that lacks a central focus. Each color—cyan, orange, pink, and purple—exists as a solid, flat plane. There is no depth here, only the tension…
After serving in the U.S. Army in World War II, Kelly took advantage of the G.I. Bill to study in Paris, where he immersed himself in the work…
Three rows of six horizontal, rectangular canvases, each painted a single, saturated color, hang in a widely spaced grid against a three-story gray stone wall in this photograph.…
Five rectangles, each in a single, saturated hue of canary yellow, watermelon pink, blood orange, bright white, or ink black, fit together to make a nearly square abstract…
De fire motiver, der optræder hyppigst blandt disse mesterværker, med det fineste eksempel på hvert enkelt.
De 5 museer, der rummer flest af malerierne på denne side.
| Museum | By | Værker af Ellsworth Kelly | Malerier fra denne liste |
|---|---|---|---|
 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art |
San Francisco | 2 | Cite, Spectrum Colors Arranged by Chance |
 Metropolitan Museum of Art |
New York | 1 | Blue Green Red |
 Art Institute of Chicago |
Chicago | 1 | Red Yellow Blue White and Black |
 Art Museum |
Seattle | 1 | Blue Green Red II |
 Dallas Museum of Art |
Dallas | 1 | Red Panel |
The artwork Cité consists of twenty joined panels of wood. The surface features a grid-like arrangement of rectangular shapes in black and off-white. These rectangles interlock and overlap…
Ellsworth Kelly's "Blue Green Red," created in 1963, stands as a cornerstone of Hard Edge Painting—a movement that championed uncompromising simplicity and directness within abstract art. Unlike many…
Blue Green Red (1963), Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Derefter følger Cite (1951) og Red Yellow Blue White and Black (1953).
40 år gammel: Blue Green Red er fra 1963, og Ellsworth Kelly blev født i 1923.
Blue Green Red, Cite, Red Yellow Blue White and Black, Spectrum Colors Arranged by Chance, Blue Green Red II, Colors for a Large Wall, Triangle Form, Study for "La Combe II", Orange Red Relief og Red Dark Blue. Ranglisten ovenfor angiver årstallet og museet for hver af dem.
Vores katalog indeholder 28 værker af Ellsworth Kelly, dateret fra 1950 til 1997.
De fleste af dem findes i San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (San Francisco), Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York) og Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago). Tabellen ovenfor lister museerne enkeltvis.
I 1950s: 7 af de 26 værker på denne side stammer fra denne periode, herunder Cite.
Det tidligste på denne side er Study for "La Combe II" (1950), det seneste Three Panels: Yellow, Orange, Blue (1997).
Color field (3), Abstract art (3) og Geometric form (3), blandt de 26 værker på denne side.
Oil On Canvas: 2 ud af de 26 værker på denne side.
Cite og Spectrum Colors Arranged by Chance er blandt de 2 værker på denne side, som er i San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco's samling.
