Artist

Morris Louis

born Baltimore, MD 1912-died Washington, DC 1962
Also known as
  • Morris Bernstein
Born
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Died
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Active in
  • New York, New York, United States

Works by this artist (9 items)

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Morris Louis, Beta Upsilon, 1960, acrylic on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase from the Vincent Melzac Collection through the Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program, 1980.5.6
Beta Upsilon
Artist
Date1960
acrylic on canvas
On view
Morris Louis, (Untitled D233b), 1949, pen and ink on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Marcella Brenner, 1981.93.3B, © 1949, Morris Louis
(Untitled D233b)
Artist
Date1949
pen and ink on paper
Not on view
Morris Louis, Aurora, 1958, acrylic on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase from the Vincent Melzac Collection through the Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program, 1980.5.7
Aurora
Artist
Date1958
acrylic on canvas
Not on view
Morris Louis, Untitled, 1956, oil and acrylic on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase from the Vincent Melzac Collection through the Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program, 1980.5.4
Untitled
Artist
Date1956
oil and acrylic on canvas
Not on view

Exhibitions

This is a painting of a large black circle and a smaller red circle surrounded by a blue mass.
Color as Field: American Painting, 1950 – 1975
February 29, 2008–May 25, 2008
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Color as Field: American Painting, 1950–1975 is the first ever full-scale examination of the sources, meaning and impact of the Color Field movement.