Blue Panel II
Color Field Painting
1977
240.0 x 226.0 cm
After serving in the U.S. Army in World War II, Kelly took advantage of the G.I. Bill to study in Paris, where he immersed himself in the work of prominent European abstract artists. As Blue Panel II suggests, he treated color and shape in his painting as synonymous and integral to each other, in keeping with a prevalent midcentury philosophy that illusionism was a denial of paint’s flat essence. Kelly’s conflation of shape and color is especially evident in his inventive exploration of the shaped canvas—in this case, a trapezoid that is nearly a parallelogram. This design is based on collages he made on postcard views of the island of Saint Martin, which may account for the painting’s seductive blue, evocative of sky and water.
Ellsworth Kelly (1923 – 2015)
Discover Ellsworth Kelly's minimalist masterpieces: vibrant color field paintings & sculptures defined by pure form and line. A pivotal American abstract artist (1923-2015).
Om dette kunstværk
- Titel: Blue Panel II
- Kunstner: Ellsworth Kelly
- År: 1977
- Oprindelige mål: 240.0 x 226.0 cm
- Format: Square
- Ophavsretlig status: Beskyttet af ophavsret
- Kontekstuelt korpus: brancusi's simplification , european abstraction
- Hovedfarve: Midnight Blue
- Nøgleord: blue color palette , ellsworth kelly , postwar art
- Oplevet lysstyrke: deep_shadow