Morris Louis Artist

Morris Louis, born Morris Louis Bernstein (November 28, 1912 – September 7, 1962), was an American painter. During the 1950s he became one of the earliest exponents of Color Field painting. Living in Washington, D.C. Louis, along with Kenneth Noland and other Washington painters formed an art movement that is known today as the Washington Color School.

Personal facts

Birth dateNovember 28, 1912
Birth place
Baltimore MD.
Nationality
United States
Date of deathSeptember 07, 1962
Place of death
Washington D.C.

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Artist

Field of work
Painting
Influenced by
Movement
Color Field
Abstract expressionism
Post-painterly abstraction
Washington Color School
training at
Maryland Institute College of Art

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External resources

  1. http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=rhFYiRoTtRUC&dq=color+as+field&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=uKiHsKUbBJ&sig=Vuwa5xFkfXiHBHATYEQe2_s0YZE&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=5&ct=result
  2. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0268/is_n1_v33/i_16107191
  3. http://hirshhorn.si.edu/exhibitions/view.asp?key=22&subkey=23
  4. http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/c/colorfiel.asp
  5. http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ArtistWorks?cgroupid=999999961&artistid=1527&page=1
  6. http://www.theartstory.org/artist-louis-morris.htm
  7. http://ya.and.shi.googlepages.com/onmorrislouis