Morris Louis
1912–1962
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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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Art Term
Process art
The term process art refers to where the process of its making art is not hidden but remains a prominent …
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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 …
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Tate Papers
Mapping the Field: Lawrence Alloway’s Art Criticism-as-Information
Lawrence Alloway claimed that the art critic should avoid explicit value judgements and instead provide information. This paper historicises Alloway’s …
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