Morris Louis

1912–1962

Biography

Morris Louis Bernstein (November 28, 1912 – September 7, 1962), 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 an art movement that is known today as the Washington Color School.

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Artworks

Morris Louis Alpha-Phi

1961

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Morris Louis Phi

1960–1

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Morris Louis VAV

1960

T01057

Morris Louis Partition

1962

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Morris Louis Beth Kuf

1958

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Features

Art Term

Process art

The term process art refers to where the process of its making art is not hidden but remains a prominent ...

Art Term

Washington Color School

The Washinton Color School was an art movement founded by Morris Louis and Kenneth Noland that emerged in the late ...

Tate Papers

Mapping the Field: Lawrence Alloway’s Art Criticism-as-Information

Stephen Moonie

Lawrence Alloway claimed that the art critic should avoid explicit value judgements and instead provide information. This paper historicises Alloway ...