Morris Louis
American · 1912–1962 · Painter, Draughtsman
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… (Wikipedia)
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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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abstract expressionismWashington Color School
Also known as Maurice Bernstein, Morris Louis Bernstein, Morris Louis Bernstein (legally changed name in 1938)
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