New York, Maine. 1924 - 2010
Minimalism, geometric, abstract expressionist painting
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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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New York. 1905 - 1970
Abstract expression, vertical sculpture
New York, California / Japan. 1904 - 1988
Abstract sculpture, mod mediums
New York / Greece. 1938 - 2023
Minimal non objective painting, collage, pop art
New York, California / Canada. 1913 - 1980
Abstract expressionism, figurative painting, drawing
New York. 1913 - 1967
Minimal-monochrome expression
New York, Connecticut. Born 1937
Geometric, minimal abstract painting
New York, New Mexico, Saskatchewan / Canada. 1912 - 2004
Biomorph to minimal-grid images
New York, Indiana. 1906 - 1965
Welded abstract sculpture, painting
New York / Ukraine, Russian Federation. 1903 - 1970
Abstract expressionist painter, early surreal
New York, Connecticut / Russian Federation. 1904 - 1948
Painting-abstract expressionism, surrealism, automatism
New Mexico, Indiana. Born 1941
Abstraction, graffiti, multimedia sculpture
New York, Illinois / France. 1925 - 1992
Abstract expressionist painting, modernist figure
New York, Massachusetts. 1910 - 1962
Action, abstract expressionist painting, teaching
New York / France. 1923 - 2015
Minimalist painting and sculpture
New York, Massachusetts. 1908 - 1984
Abstract expressionist and gestural painting, collage
New York. 1903 - 1972
Assemblage-boxes, collage
New York. 1903 - 1974
Primitive painting-totemic non objective and realism
Maryland, New York, North Dakota. 1904 - 1980
Abstract expressionist and modernist figure painting
Virginia, New York / Italy. 1928 - 2011
Improvisational line drawing, minimalism
California, New York / China. Born 1933
Large scale geometric sculpture, drawings
New York, Wyoming. 1912 - 1956
Gestural painting, abstract expressionism
New York, Connecticut. 1928 - 2011
Abstract imagery-stain painting
New York. 1929 - 2022
Whimsical pop art sculpture, public installations
California, Oregon. 1922 - 1993
Bay-Area figurative and abstract expressionist painting
New York, Texas / Switzerland. 1928 - 1994
Minimalist three-dimensional constructions, abstract imagery
New York, Florida. 1927 - 2011
Crushed automobile motif sculpture
New York. 1922 - 2007
Color-field abstraction, sculptor, graphics
New York, Massachusetts. 1936 - 2024
Geometric minimal image painting, collage
New York. Born 1930
Modernist flags, pop symbol painting, sculpture
New York, Massachusetts, California / Germany. 1880 - 1966
Abstract expressionist painting, art teaching
New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts. 1915 - 1991
Abstract expressionist painting, collage