Ellsworth Kelly

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hard-edge painter human minimalist artist painter printmaker sculptor

Ellsworth Kelly was an American artist known for his pioneering work in hard-edge painting and minimalism, characterized by bold colors, simple geometric forms, and an emphasis on shape and spatial relationships.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	hard-edge painter → human → minimalist artist → painter → printmaker → sculptor →
artisticFocus	bold colors → shape and spatial relationships → simple geometric forms →
awardReceived	National Medal of Arts → Order of Arts and Letters (France) → Praemium Imperiale →
conflict	World War II →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1923-05-31 →
dateOfDeath	2015-12-27 →
educatedAt	Boston → Pratt Institute → School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University →
familyName	Kelly →
fieldOfWork	abstract painting → printmaking → sculpture →
fullName	Ellsworth Kelly →
genre	geometric abstraction →
givenName	Ellsworth →
influenced	contemporary abstract painters → minimalist sculptors →
influencedBy	Henri Matisse → Jean Arp → Piet Mondrian → Romanesque architecture →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
movement	Abstract art → Color field painting → Hard-edge painting → Minimalism →
notableWork	Austin NERFINISHED → Blue Green Red → Colors for a Large Wall → Red Blue Green → Spectrum Colors Arranged by Chance I →
placeOfBirth	Newburgh, New York, United States →
placeOfDeath	Spencertown, New York, United States →
representedBy	Matthew Marks Gallery →
residence	New York City, New York, United States → Paris, France → Spencertown, New York, United States →
servedIn	United States Army →
sexOrGender	male →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ellsworth Kelly →	fullName
The Phillips Collection →	hasWorkBy
Henri Matisse →	influenced