Morris Louis
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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
Photo of Morris Louis
3833 Legation St NW in Washington, Louis's home and studio from 1952 until his death
1300 New Hampshire Ave NW in Washington, the home of the Washington Workshop Center for the Arts from 1952 to 1956
A museum visitor viewing Beta Zeta at the Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin
Helen Frankenthaler
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Helen Frankenthaler was an American abstract expressionist painter. She was a major contributor to the history of postwar American painting. Having exhibited her work for over six decades, she spanned
Morris Louis
…Louis and Noland traveled to New York and met Greenberg who, instead of introducing them to Pollock, organized a studio visit for the group with artist Helen Frankenthaler. She showed the artists her method of painting using thinned acrylic paint that she poured over canvases by hand or applied using a syringe to stain…
1978 in her New York City studio photographed by Lynn Gilbert
Mountains and Sea 1952 Oil and charcoal on unsized, unprimed canvas, 86+3⁄8 in × 117+1⁄4 in (219 cm × 298 cm) on extended loan to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Receiving the National Medal of Arts in 2001