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Morris Louis was an American painter associated with the New York school of Abstract Expressionism who is notable for his distinctly personal use of colour, often in brilliant bands or stripes. Louis studied painting at the Maryland Institute, Baltimore (1929–33), and from 1937 to 1940 he worked as
Morris Louis Bernstein was born in Baltimore, Maryland. His parents, Louis Bernstein (born 21 October 1877) and Cecelia Luckman Bernstein, had emigrated from Russia. His father was initially a factory worker, but later owned a small grocery store. Louis was the third of four sons; his two elder brothers, Joseph and Aaron, became physicians, and ...
Morris Louis became one of the leading figures of Color Field painting, along with his contemporaries Kenneth Noland and Helen Frankenthaler. In his short yet prolific career, most of which he spent in Baltimore and Washington, D.C., Louis continually experimented with method and medium, manipulating large canvases in creative ways to control the flow and stain of his acrylic paints.
Hace 5 días · Morris Louis received his degree from the Maryland Institute of Fine and Applied Arts in Baltimore in 1933. He began by painting in a cubist style that he later abandoned in favor of post-painterly abstraction. In 1936, Louis moved to New York and befriended Leonard Bocour, who developed a special acrylic-resin Magna paint for him.
29 de may. de 2024 · Louis, Morris (llamado Morris Louis Bernstein) Baltimore, 1912 – Washington, 1962 Pintor estadounidense. Estudia en el Baltimore Institute of Fine and Applied Arts de 1929 a 1933, trasladándose en 1936 a Nueva York. Está considerado como el principal precursor del movimiento que supera el expresionismo abstracto, dirigiéndose hacia la ...
Morris Louis ha sido considerado como puente entre los expresionistas abstractos y la abstracción pospictórica. Como muchos de los artistas americanos de su generación, Louis se preocupó por los problemas materiales y ópticos, pero evolucionó hacia una pintura menos heroica y más lírica, que le convirtió en uno de los pintores predilectos de los críticos formalistas Clement Greenberg ...
Morris Louis Morris Louis Bernstein. Photo credit: Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Morris Louis Morris Louis Bernstein. 生於: 十一月 28 1912; Baltimore, United States ; 死於: 九月 7 1962; Washington, United States ; 活躍年份: 1948 - 1962
