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1912 Baltimore, Maryland - 1962 Washington District Of Columbia. Known for: Serial abstract painting-stains and stripes.
Born in Baltimore with the name of Morris Bernstein, Morris Louis, working from Washington DC, became a major figure in the mid 20th-century contemporary art scene on the East Coast. He was also a... Read full biography
Born in Baltimore with the name of Morris Bernstein, Morris Louis, working from Washington DC, became a major figure in the mid 20th-century contemporary art scene on the East Coast. He was also a distinguished teacher. Louis is known for his drip paintings, the pouring of thinned acrylic paint... Read full biography
Born in Baltimore with the name of Morris Bernstein, Morris Louis, working from Washington DC, became a major figure in the mid 20th-century contemporary art scene on the East Coast. He was also a distinguished teacher. Louis is known for his drip paintings, the pouring of thinned acrylic paint onto unprimed or partially primed canvases. His later paintings had irregular stripes of bright colour, often overlapping and merging. He deliberately disassociated himself from the painterly-ness of the... Read full biography
Born in Baltimore with the name of Morris Bernstein, Morris Louis, working from Washington DC, became a major figure in the mid 20th-century contemporary art scene on the East Coast. He was also a distinguished teacher. Louis is known for his drip paintings, the pouring of thinned acrylic paint onto unprimed or partially primed canvases. His later paintings had irregular stripes of bright colour, often overlapping and merging. He deliberately disassociated himself from the painterly-ness of the loaded brush of the abstract expressionists and pursuing his methods of using thinned paint was, along with Helen Frankenthaller, one of the key figures in the movement called Color Field painting. His parents were immigrants from Russia, and Morris... Read full biography
Born in Baltimore with the name of Morris Bernstein, Morris Louis, working from Washington DC, became a major figure in the mid 20th-century contemporary art scene on the East Coast. He was also a distinguished teacher. Louis is known for his drip paintings, the pouring of thinned acrylic paint onto unprimed or partially primed canvases. His later paintings had irregular stripes of bright colour, often overlapping and merging. He deliberately disassociated himself from the painterly-ness of the loaded brush of the abstract expressionists and pursuing his methods of using thinned paint was, along with Helen Frankenthaller, one of the key figures in the movement called Color Field painting. His parents were immigrants from Russia, and Morris Louis was the third of their four sons. He attended public school in Baltimore and then went on to... Read full biography
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- PreviewsSeptember 2006EditorsARTFORUM
- Hidden Pleasures and Public TreasurMay 2004Spears, DorothyARTnews
- A & A UpdateMarch 2004Editors, Art & AntiquesArt & Antiques
- 100 Top TreasuresNovember 2003Masello, Page, GoldsteinArt & Antiques
- Secrets of the Back RoomJuly 2003Emmerich, AndreARTnews
- Driven to AbstractionMarch 2003Arbitman, Karen JonesArt & Antiques
- Critics = Style - Setters?February 2003Kramer, HiltonArt & Antiques
- City Focus: Phoenix/ScottsdaleJanuary 2003Burnett, RobertaARTnews
- Front PageJanuary 2003Editors, Art in AmericaArt in America
- Contemporary Auctions Set ArtistDecember 2002Editors, ART-TALKArt-Talk
- Report from Arizona-Not a MirageDecember 2002Rubinstein, RaphaelArt in America
- (bitter) Sweet CharityApril 2001Vincent, StevenArt & Auction
- The Flat PackJanuary 2001Vincent, StevenArt & Auction
- Review of ExhibitionsMarch 2000Editors, Art in AmericaArt in America
- Report from FloridaJanuary 2000Vincent, StevenArt & Auction
- Is the Price RightOctober 1998Landi, AnnARTnews
- Color Painting of the SixtiesAugust 1994Wilkin, KarenArchitectural Digest