Ackland Art Museum, University of North Carolina
University of North Carolina
Campus Box 3400
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3400
Campus Box 3400
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3400
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Museums page for Morris Louis ((1912 - 1962)), known for Serial abstract painting-stains and stripes. Showing 38 museum collections and exhibitions.
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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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About Morris Louis: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (38)
All MuseumsAddison Gallery of American Art
Phillips Academy
Andover, MA 01810-4166Akron Art Museum
70 East Market Street
Akron, OH 44308-2084Art Institute of Chicago, AIC
111 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60603-6110Buffalo AKG Art Museum
1285 Elmwood Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14222Chrysler Museum of Art
245 West Olney Road
Norfolk, VA 23510City Museum, Amsterdam
Amsterdam, NetherlandsDallas Museum of Art
1717 North Harwood Street
Dallas, TX 75201Everson Museum Of Art
401 Harrison Street
Community Plaza
Syracuse, NY 13202Flint Institute of Arts
1120 East Kearsley Street
Flint, MI 48503Fogg Art Museum: Harvard University Art Museums
Harvard University
32 Quincy Street
Cambridge, MA 02138Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Smithsonian Institution: 7th Street & Independence Ave. Sw
Mail To: Po Box 37012/Hmsg Mrc 350
Washington, DC 20013-7012Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York City, NY 10028Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
3200 Darnell Street
Fort Worth, TX 76107Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA)
465 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
1001 Bissonnet
Po Box 6826
Houston, TX 77005National Museum of American Art-Smithsonian
8th and G Streets NW
Washington, DC 20004Neuberger Museum of Art
Suny, Purchase College
735 Anderson Hill Road
Purchase, NY 10577-1400North Carolina Museum of Art
2110 Blue Ridge Road
Mail To 4630 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-4630Oklahoma City Museum of Art, OKCMOA
415 Couch Drive
Oklahoma City, OK 73102Orlando Museum of Art
2416 North Mills Avenue
Orlando, FL 32803-1483Perez Art Museum Miami (PAMM)
1103 Biscayne Blvd
Miami, FL 33132Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University
415 South Street
P.O. Box 9110-Mail Stop 069
Waltham, MA 02454-9110Saint Louis Art Museum
Forest Park
One Fine Arts Drive
St. Louis, MO 63110San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, SFMOMA
151 Third Street
San Francisco, CA 94103Sheldon Museum of Art
12th &Amp; R Streets
Lincoln, NE 68588-0300Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
1071 Fifth Avenue
New York City, NY 10128Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Bodestraße 1-3
Berlin, GermanyTate Britain
Millbank
London, United KingdomThe Baltimore Museum of Art
10 Art Museum Drive
Baltimore, MD 21218The Cleveland Museum of Art
11150 East Boulevard
Cleveland, OH 44106-1797The Empire State Plaza Art Collection
Empire State Plaza
Albany, NY 12242The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
4525 Oak Street
Kansas City, MO 64111-1873The Phillips Collection
1600 21st Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20009-1090The University of Arizona Museum of Art
1031 N. Olive Road
Tucson, AZ 85721-0002Wallrof Richartz Museum
Koln, GermanyWeisman Art Museum
The University of Minnesota
333 East River Road
Minneapolis, MN 55455Whitney Museum of American Art
99 Ganesvoort Street
New York City, NY 10014