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Biography |
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1923 |
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Born in Newburgh, New York |
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1941 - 1943 |
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Studied Applied Arts at the Pratt Institute, New York |
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1942 - 1945 |
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Served military duty |
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1946 - 1947 |
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Diploma Program at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, drawing and painting classes with Carl Zerbe |
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1948 |
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Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris; travelled to see the Isenheimer Altarpiece in Colmar |
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1950 - 1951 |
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Taught at the American School in Paris |
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1973 |
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The Painting Prize from the Art Institute of Chicago |
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1988 |
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Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Republic |
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1993 |
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Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur by the French Republic at the French Embassy in Washington DC |
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2000 |
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Praemium Imperiale for Painting |
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2002 |
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Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres by the French Republic |
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Exhibitions |
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2008 |
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Arp to Reinhardt: Rose Geometries, The Rose Art Museum, Waltham, MA |
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2008 |
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Color Chart: Reinventing Color, 1950 to Today, MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY |
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2007 |
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Living Color, Vassarely Museum, Budapest |
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2006 |
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Picasso to Pop: Aspects of Modern Art, The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT |
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2005 |
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Spectrum, Galerie Lelong - New York, New York City, NY |
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2004 |
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Berlin, Neue Nationalgalerie, Das MoMA in Berlin |
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2003 |
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New York, Whitney Museum, Ellsworth Kelly (solo) |
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2003 |
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New York, Matthew Marks Gallery, Sculpture (solo) |
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2003 |
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Bremen, Neues Museum Weserburg, Die Fondation Maeght |
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2003 |
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Warsaw, Schloss Ujazdowski, Zentrum für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Von Picasso bis Warhol |
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2002 |
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Basel, Fondation Beyeler, ELLSWORTH KELLY Werke 1956-2002 (solo) |
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2002 |
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Ellsworth Kelly, Tablet: 1948–1973, The Drawing Center, New York, NY |
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2001 |
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New York, Matthew Marks Gallery (solo) |
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1999 |
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New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Ellsworth Kelly – Sculpture for a Large Wall (solo) |
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1999 |
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New York, Mitchell-Innes & Nash Gallery, Ellsworth Kelly: Five Decades of Line, Form and Colour (solo) |
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1999 |
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Bonn, Kunstmuseum (solo) |
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1999 |
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Munich, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus (solo) |
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1999 |
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Chicago, Art Institute (solo) |
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1999 |
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Ellsworth Kelly: Works on Paper 1948-1955, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Boston, MA |
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1998 |
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New York, Matthew Marks, Ellsworth Kelly. New Paintings (solo) |
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1998 |
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Los Angeles, New York, Munich, Retrospectives (solo) |
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1996 |
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New York, Guggenheim Museum, Ellsworth Kelly. A Retrospective (solo) |
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1996 |
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Ellsworth Kelly on the Roof, Cantor Roof Garden, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY |
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1993 |
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New Displays: Ellsworth Kelly, Tate Gallery London |
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1989 |
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Chicago, Art Institute, Ellsworth Kelly: Courtyard Installation (solo) |
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1987 |
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Ellsworth Kelly: Works on Paper, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA |
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1987 |
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Ellsworth Kelly: A Print Retrospective, The Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit, MI |
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1982 |
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Ellsworth Kelly: Sculpture, Whitney Museum of American Art New York, NY (solo) |
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1979 |
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XXXVI Washington, DC, Corcoran Gallery of Art, 36th Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting together with Willem de Kooning, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Rauschenberg |
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1979 |
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New York, Leo Castelli Gallery (solo) |
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1979 |
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Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Ellsworth Kelly: Painting and Sculpture (solo) |
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1979 |
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New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Ellsworth Kelly Recent Paintings and Sculpture (solo) |
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1973 |
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New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, Ellsworth Kelly. Curved Series (solo) |
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1973 |
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New York, MoMA, Retrospective (solo) |
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1968 |
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New York, MoMA, The Art of the Real, USA 1948-1968 |
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1966 |
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American Pavilion, XXXIII Venice Biennale |
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1965 |
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New York, Sidney Janis Gallery (solo) |
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1964 |
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Paris, Galerie Maeght (solo) |
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1963 |
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Washington DC, Gallery of Modern Art, Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings by Ellsworth Kelly (solo) |
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1959 |
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Sixteen Americans, Museum of Modern Art New York, NY |
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1958 |
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Paris, Galerie Maeght (solo) |
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1957 |
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New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Young America 1957 |
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1956 |
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New York, Betty Parsons Gallery (solo) |
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1951 |
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Paris, Galerie Arnaud (solo) |
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1947 |
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Boston, Boris Mirski Art Gallery |
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