Blue Plate

Leon KellyWW-1935-012893

1935·Opaque watercolor and red chalk with graphite on paper·19 1/8 × 25 3/16 in. (48.5 × 63.9 cm)

Gift of Pennsylvania W. P. A., 1943

Catalogue

Year: 1935
Medium: Opaque watercolor and red chalk with graphite on paper
Dimensions: 19 1/8 × 25 3/16 in. (48.5 × 63.9 cm)
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Artist: Leon Kelly

Artist

Leon Kelly

Drawing

Leon Kelly was an American painter and muralist active in the postwar period. Working primarily in oil and tempera, he developed a distinctive approach to figuration that combined modernist formal discipline with representational clarity. His work engaged with American social and cultural themes through large-scale compositions.

Philadelphia, PA, USA

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