Ellsworth Kelly: The Abstract Art You Didn't Know You Needed

Art lovers who swoon over chaotic doodles that sell for millions may have met their match in Ellsworth Kelly. Born in 1923 in Newburgh, New York, Kelly blossomed into an artist whose brilliance shone through vibrant colors and stark shapes. No complicated metaphors needed here. Steer the ship straight to simplicity. Kelly saw art as a means to enhance the viewer’s experience of life itself, creating artwork that transformed spaces into visual wonders of clarity. He burst onto the scene in mid-century America, a time when the infamous Abstract Expressionism had already lost its composure. Kelly kept it cool with crisp, clean lines. His work married the precision of a draftsman with the soul of a romantic.