Morris Louis

b. 1912, Baltimore, Maryland; d. 1962, Washington, D.C.

Wikipedia Entry

Morris Louis Bernstein, known professionally as Morris Louis, was an American painter. During the 1950s he became one of the earliest exponents of Color Field painting. While living in Washington, D.C., Louis, along with Kenneth Noland and other Washington painters, formed a loose cohort of artists that is known today as the Washington Color School.

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Every Sound Is a Shape of Time: Selections from PAMM’s Collection

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Routes of Influence: Critical Gestures Installation view Pérez Art Museum Miami, 2016.
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