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After early artistic training in New York and Boston and military service in World War II, Ellsworth Kelly spent a formative period in France from 1948 to 1954. It was there that he developed his characteristic work.
- Ellsworth Kelly in San Francisco · SFMOMA
Ellsworth Kelly in San Francisco brings together for the...
- Ellsworth Kelly, Cité, 1951 · SFMOMA
Artist Ellsworth Kelly recalls his first encounter with...
- Ellsworth Kelly on Abstraction · SFMOMA
Artist Ellsworth Kelly recalls his first encounter with...
- The Artist Initiative with Ellsworth Kelly · SFMOMA
The Artist Initiative’s work with Ellsworth Kelly introduces...
- Ellsworth Kelly in San Francisco · SFMOMA
Feb 3, 2023 · Feb 3–Jun 11, 2023. “The most pleasurable thing in the world,” Ellsworth Kelly once remarked, “is to see something, and then to translate how I see it.”. Born in 1923 in Newburgh, New York, Kelly had a unique vision fueled by his observations of the things around him.
In 1999, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art announced that it had bought 22 works, paintings, wall reliefs and sculptures, by Ellsworth Kelly. They have been valued at more than $20 million.