AN ANALYSIS OF THE ARTIST'S WORK
Though thought of for his Surrealist paintings, Kelly displayed a range in mediums among his prolific career. Kelly’s’ earlier work displays a more painterly quality, while later works express Meticulous Surrealism as well as retaining a Cubist influence. Among his exceptional works in oil, Kelly was an accomplished sculptor, defined muralist as well as watercolorist. Kelly’s work holds a brilliance and inquisitive quality and therefore is apart of significant private collections and museums around the world.
COLLECTIONS (SELECTED LIST)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Museum of Modern Art, NY
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Sara Roby Foundation Collection at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Tel Aviv Museum, Israel
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT
Whitney Museum of American Art, NY
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Http://www.artnet.com/leonkelly. 2005.
2. Http://www.askart.com/biography.asp?ID=23227. 2005.
3. http://www.geneshapiro.com/artists/kelly/kellbio.html. 2005.
4. Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge. Mallett's Index of Artists. Peter Smith: New York. 1948.
EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED LIST)
1969 Newark Museum, New Jersey
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
1968, 1970 Richard Feigen Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1968 Long Beach, NJ
1965 Retrospective exhibition at the International Gallery, Baltimore, MD
1933-34, 1939-1946 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Art Annuals
Corcoran Gallery Biennials, Washington, D.C.
Art Institute of Chicago, IL
