
Louis, Morris; Golden Age; National Museums Northern Ireland; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/golden-age-122405

VAV 1960 Morris Louis 1912-1962 Presented by Mr and Mrs H.J. Heinz II through the Friends of the Tate Gallery 1968 http://www.tate.org.uk/art/work/T01057

VAV 1960 Morris Louis 1912-1962 Presented by Mr and Mrs H.J. Heinz II through the Friends of the Tate Gallery 1968 http://www.tate.org.uk/art/work/T01057
Morris Louis Bernstein was one of the earliest exponents of what became known as Color Field painting in the 1950s. While he was living in Washington D.C. he, along with Kenneth Noland, Gene Davis, Tom Downing, Howard Mehring Anne Truitt and Hilda Thorpe and others, formed an art movement that is known today as the Washington Color School. Ultimately Morris would become one of the leading figures of Color Field painting along with his peers Kenneth Noland and Helen Frankenthaler and Jules Olitski. Continue reading MORRIS LOUIS, Washington Color School Abstraction/Color Field Painting, Pt2