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Copyright estate of the artist | | | Louis, Morris (1912 - 1962) USA
Beta Tau, 1961
Acrylic on canvas ; 259 x 487.5 cm Minimalism
UID 102-345
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Biography
Born Morris Louis Bernstein, in Baltimore, USA. In 1939 dropped use of surname. Studied at the Baltimore Institute of Fine and Applied Arts 1929-33. His work forms a bridge between Abstract Expressionism and Post-Painterly Abstraction. In 1936 moved to New York, and in 1947 to Washington, DC where he taught at a workshop and meet Kenneth Nolaud. On a visit to New York with Kenneth Noland in 1953 was taken to Helen Frankenthaler's studio and was influenced by her poured stain technique. First one-person exhibition at the Workshop Art Center Gallery, Washington D.C., in 1953: Kootz Gallery, New York (with Kenneth Noland). In 1960: ICA, London; Galleria del'Ariete, Milan. In 1958 he began his first major series of large veil pictures. Extensive output from then on, using colours with increasing purity and directness; his last pictures have regular parallel stripes of colour. Died in Washington.
Exhibitions
Grande Escala - Colecção Berardo Centro das Artes Casa das Mudas, Calheta, Madeira, Portugal 09-10-2004 ~ 18-03-2005
Collection Berardo, Oeuvres Choisies du 20e Siècle Musée des Beaux Arts de Lyon, France 05-10-2001 ~ 14-01-2002
The Berardo Collection Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 17-05-1997 ~ 31-08-1997
Face - a - Face Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 02-10-2001 ~ 30-04-2001
Territórios Singulares na Colecção Berardo Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 22-10-2002 ~ 28-02-2003
Durante o Fim - Rui Chafes Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 15-10-2000 ~ 14-01-2001
Sin Título (el arte del siglo XX en la Colección Berardo) Fundación Pedro Barrié de la Maza, Spain 29-06-2006 ~ 26-11-2006
Berardo Museum Opening Museu Colecção Berardo, Portugal 25-06-2007 ~ 09-09-2007
Paradise Motel Museu Colecção Berardo, Portugal 13-11-2010 ~ 26-12-2011
Bibliography
Christie's, Contemporary Art, 1993 Published by Christie's
Collection Berardo, Oeuvres Choisies du 20e Siècle, 2001 Published by Musée des Beaux Arts de Lyon ISBN 2711843319
Grande Escala - The Berardo Collection, 2004 Published by Centro das Artes - Casa das Mudas ISBN 972890200X
Interior Design
Morris Louis, 1970
Morris Louis: The Complete Paintings, A Catalogue Raisonné, 1985
Sin Título (el arte del siglo XX en la Colección Berardo), 2006 Published by Fundación Pedro Barrié de la Maza ISBN 8495892529
Skurka, New York Times Magazine, New York, 24 November, 1974, 1974 Published by Skurka, New York Times Magazine
Territórios Singulares na Colecção Berardo, 2002 Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo ISBN 972974288X
The Berardo Collection – Sintra Museum of Modern Art, 1996 Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo ISBN 9729739105
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