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wildbrush's art.to.day - you entered my world of the painters which i prefer - |
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LOUIS Morris, (Morris Louis Bernstein) born 1912 Baltimore (PA) - September 7, 1962 Washington. American painter. |
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1927-1932 |
Studied at Maryland Institute of Fine and Applied Arts. |
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| 1936-1943 | From
1936 to 1943 he lived in New York, then moved to Baltimore. |
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| 1952 | Finally
settling in Washington. Led a workshop at the Center of the Arts in
Washington and became friends with Kenneth
Noland. |
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| 1953 | Reintroduced
to New York by the young Kenneth Noland and the art critic Clement
Greenberg; met Helen Frankenthaler
and was impressed by her way of using color in that unique style.
Breakthrough with his own style. |
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| 1953-1954 | -
first 'Veils' series. |
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| 1955-1957 | His
paintings were closer to cubism and current abstract expressionism; most
of these he subsequently destroyed. |
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| 1958 | -
returned to the large 'Veils' series, encouraged by Clement Greenberg. |
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| 1959/1960 | -
'Florals' series. |
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| 1960 | -
'Unfurleds' series. |
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| 1961/62 | -
'Stripes' series. |
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| 1964 | Paintings
participate in documenta 3 in Kassel. |
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| 1968 | Paintings
participate in documenta 4 in Kassel. get here detailed information about Morris Louis |
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