biografía de Ellsworth KELLY (1923-2015)
Personal data
Birth : 05/31/1923 - Newburgh NY New York, United States
Death : 12/27/2015
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : United States
Address
Spencertown NY New York, United StatesEducation
1948 : Ecole des Beaux-Arts – Paris, France
1941 – 1943 : Pratt Institute – 200 Willoughby Avenue – Brooklyn, New York NY, United States
1946 – 1947 : SMFA School of the Museum of Fine Arts – 230 the Fenway – Boston MA, United States
Professional data
Work and Life
1977:Travels throughout Spain, Italy, Germany and France
1954:Returns to New York NY, USA
1950:Meets the Dada artist Hans Arp, who has a strong influence on him
1948 – 1954:Lives in Paris, France
Prizes
1964
1964 : Carnegie Prize
1962
1962 : Carnegie Prize – Pittsburgh PA, United States
Work
Categorie and medium
Painting : 
Print-Multiple : Lithograph 
Sculpture-Volume : Movements and styles
AbstractionMinimal Art
American Modernists
Monochrome Painting
Works
| Black/White(EK 765) | |
| Date of creation : 1988 Medium : Oil/canvas Size : 224 x 321 cm | |
| Eleven Panels, Kite II | |
| Date of creation : 1952 Medium : Oil/canvas Size : 80 x 280 cm | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2006
Collages in black and white 1973 to 1991
James Kelly Contemporary – Santa Fe NM, United States
07/2006
2005
New Lithographs
Gemini G.E.L. LLC – Los Angeles CA, United States
2005 – 2005
Tablet
The Menil Collection – Houston TX, United States
02/11/2005 – 05/08/2005
2003
Paintings
Van de Weghe Fine Art – New York NY, United States
10/02/2003 – 11/15/2003
Whitney Museum of American Art – New York NY, United States
08/14/2003 – 11/02/2003
MCA Museum of Contemporary Art – San Diego CA, United States
01/19/2003 – 04/13/2003
2002
Ellsworth Kelly, Works 1956-2002
Fondation Beyeler – Riehen BL, Switzerland
09/15/2002 – 01/19/2003
SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art – San Francisco CA, United States
07/13/2002 – 01/05/2003
Ellsworth Kelly
The Drawing Center – New York NY, United States
04/18/2002 – 06/12/2002
1996
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum – New York NY, United States
1996
1992
Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume – Paris, France
1992
1982
Whitney Museum of American Art – New York NY, United States
1982
1973
Ellsworth Kelly. Retrospective
MoMA Museum of Modern Art – New York NY, United States
1973
1956
Betty Parsons Gallery – New York NY, United States
1956
1951
Galerie Arnaud – Paris, France
1951
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2007
FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain
Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais – Paris, France
10/18/2007 – 10/22/2007
Represented by : James Goodman Gallery – 41 East 57th Street, Suite 802 – New York NY, United States
2006
Frieze Art Fair
Regent’s Park – London, United Kingdom
10/12/2006 – 10/15/2006
Represented by : Matthew Marks Gallery – Matthew Marks Gallery 523 West 24th Street – New York NY, United States
2004
FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain, n°31
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/21/2004 – 10/25/2004
Represented by : Susan Sheehan Gallery – 20 West 57th Street, 7th Floor – New York NY, United States
Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Acquavella Galleries Inc. – 18 Esat 79th Street – New York NY, United States
sf6 San Francisco International Art Exposition
Fort Mason – San Francisco CA, United States
01/16/2004 – 01/19/2004
Represented by : John Berggruen Gallery – 228 Grant Avenue – San Francisco CA, United States
ART2004 – The 16th London Contemporary Art Fair
Business Design Centre – London, United Kingdom
01/14/2004 – 01/18/2004
Represented by : Ingleby Gallery – 6 Carlton Terrace – Edinburgh, Scotland (United Kingdom)
2003
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Peter Freeman Gallery, Inc. – 25 Cranberry Street – Brooklyn, New York NY, United States
Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Gemini G.E.L. LLC – 8365 Melrose Avenue – Los Angeles CA, United States
Art Chicago 2003
Navy Pier’s Festival Hall – Chicago IL, United States
05/09/2003 – 05/12/2003
Represented by : Jonathan Novak Contemporary Art – 1880 Century Park East Suite 100 – Los Angeles CA, United States
The Armory Show 2003
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
03/07/2003 – 03/10/2003
Represented by : Matthew Marks Gallery – Matthew Marks Gallery 523 West 24th Street – New York NY, United States
2002
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/05/2002 – 12/08/2002
Represented by : John Berggruen Gallery – 228 Grant Avenue – San Francisco CA, United States
Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Acquavella Galleries Inc. – 18 Esat 79th Street – New York NY, United States
KunstRAI
Amsterdam, Netherlands
05/15/2002 – 05/20/2002
Represented by : Willem Baars Art Consulting – Henri Polaklaan 12 A – Amsterdam, Netherlands
The Armory Show 2002
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/22/2002 – 02/25/2002
Represented by : Grant Selwyn Fine Art – 37 West 57th Street, #200 – New York NY, United States
2001
Art Basel Miami Beach: cancelled
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/13/2001 – 12/16/2001
Represented by : Peter Freeman Gallery, Inc. – 25 Cranberry Street – Brooklyn, New York NY, United States
FIAC, n°28
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/10/2001 – 10/15/2001
Represented by : White Cube² – 48 Hoxton Square – London, United Kingdom
Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Richard Gray Gallery – Suite 2503 875 North Michigan Avenue – Chicago IL, United States
The Armory Show 2001
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/23/2001 – 02/26/2001
Represented by : Matthew Marks Gallery – Matthew Marks Gallery 523 West 24th Street – New York NY, United States
Artpalmbeach – 4th Modern & Contemporary Art Fair
International Pavilion of the Palm Beaches – West Palm Beach FL, United States
01/10/2001 – 01/15/2001
Represented by : Brooke Alexander – 2nd Floor 59 Wooster Street – New York NY, United States
1999
Art Cologne, n° 33
Cologne, Germany
11/07/1999 – 11/14/1999
Represented by : Susan Sheehan Gallery – 20 West 57th Street, 7th Floor – New York NY, United States
Group exhibitions
2006
Dark Matter
White Cube – London, United Kingdom
07/07/2006 – 09/09/2006
2003
Color Form & Figure
John Berggruen Gallery – San Francisco CA, United States
11/25/2003 – 01/03/2004
That 70s Print Show
Susan Sheehan Gallery – New York NY, United States
10/17/2003 – 12/13/2003
Sculpture
Grant Selwyn Fine Art – New York NY, United States
05/03/2003 – 06/23/2003
2002
Henri Matisse / Ellsworth Kelly : dessins de plantes
Saint Louis Art Museum – Saint Louis MO, United States
04/27/2002 – 07/14/2002
Claude Monet … bis zum digitalen Impressionismus
Fondation Beyeler – Riehen BL, Switzerland
03/28/2002 – 08/18/2002
Henri Matisse / Ellsworth Kelly : dessins de plantes
MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou – Paris, France
01/16/2002 – 04/08/2002
2001
New to the Modern: Recent Acquisitions from the Department of Drawings
MoMA Museum of Modern Art – New York NY, United States
10/25/2001 – 01/08/2002
Space, Abstraction and Freedom: Twentieth-Century Art from the Collection of Mary and Jim Patton
The Ackland Art Museum – Chapel Hill NC, United States
09/09/2001 – 11/11/2001
SITE Santa Fe’s Fourth International Biennial – Beau Monde : Toward a Redeemed Cosmopolitanism
Site Santa Fe – Santa Fe NM, United States
07/14/2001 – 01/06/2002
Collaborations with Parkett: 1984 to Now
MoMA Museum of Modern Art – New York NY, United States
04/05/2001 – 06/05/2001
The Draftsman’s Colors: Fourteen New Acquisitions from Johns to Chong
Whitney Museum of American Art – New York NY, United States
03/03/2001 – 07/08/2001
1981
Whitney Museum of American Art Biennial Exhibition
Whitney Museum of American Art – New York NY, United States
1981
1979
Whitney Museum of American Art Biennial Exhibition
Whitney Museum of American Art – New York NY, United States
1979
1977
Documenta 6
Museum Fridericianum, Orangerie, Neue Galerie, Karlsaue – Kassel, Germany
06/26/1977 – 10/02/1977
1973
Whitney Museum of American Art Biennial Exhibition
Whitney Museum of American Art – New York NY, United States
1973
1969
Whitney Museum of American Art Biennial Exhibition
Whitney Museum of American Art – New York NY, United States
1969
1968
Art of the Real
MoMA Museum of Modern Art – New York NY, United States
1968
1966
Biennale di Venezia
Venice VE, Italy
06/18/1966 – 10/16/1966
1963
The Corcoran Biennial
Corcoran Gallery of Art – Washington DC, United States
1963
1959
Sixteen Americans
MoMA Museum of Modern Art – New York NY, United States
1959
Whitney Museum of American Art Biennial Exhibition
Whitney Museum of American Art – New York NY, United States
1959
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