Ellsworth Kelly vs. Henri Matisse
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Ellsworth Kelly
1923 – 2015
Ellsworth Kelly was an American painter, sculptor, and printmaker associated with hard-edge painting, Color field painting and minimalism. His works demonstrate unassuming techniques emphasizing line, color and form, similar to the work of John McLaughlin and Kenneth Noland. Kelly often employed bright colors.
"Like the postcard collages, the colors are shapes in a landscape. In this case it is a painting of a landscape, not a photo as in the postcards , and therefore …"
Henri Matisse
1869 – 1954
Henri Émile Benoît Matisse was a French visual artist, known for both his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship. He was a draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor, but is known primarily as a painter.
"Composition, the aim of which is expression, alters itself according to the surface to be covered. If I take a sheet of paper of given dimensions I will jot dow…"