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Ellsworth Kelly


 * Kelly was born in NY in 1923. He continues to live in upstate New York.
 * In the 1950’s, he began to gain recognition for his large, multi-paneled canvasses.
 * Kelly did not adhere to any one artistic movement, but he influenced the development of Minimalism, Hard-edge painting, Color-field painting, and Pop Art.
 * Fun fact: Elsworth Kelly enlisted in the US Army during WWII to work in a special unit that designed decoys to deceive the Axis Army. His extensive work with camouflage later influenced his paintings.

//-Why did Kelly paint Spectrum?// Each color in the spectrum is a separate panel (canvas) painted in oil. The work was completed in 1967. Kelly wanted his viewers to focus on the canvases, as well as the arrangement of the canvasses, rather than recognizable images or subject matter **//in//** the canvases. //"I am less interested in marks on the panels than the 'presence' of the panels themselves."// [] //-Why did I choose this painting? How did I change it?// I chose to manipulate Spectrum IV for a few reasons. It is a primarily flat image, and I thought I could give it a sense of depth by incorporating my body into the picture plane. Overlapping the bars of color creates a new sense of depth, as if each line of color is a curtain. //-Other paintings by Ellsworth Kelly:// (All paintings on exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art, New York City.)



Information cited from the following:

"The Art Story.org - Your Guide to Modern Art." //Ellsworth Kelly Biography, Art, and Analysis of Works //. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Feb. 2013.