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Morris Louis

1912 - 1962

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Morris Louis Bernstein (November 28, 1912 – September 7, 1962), 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., Louis, along with Kenneth Noland and other Washington painters, formed an art movement that is known today as the Washington Color School. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Morris Louis is the 1,745th most popular painter (down from 1,671st in 2019), the 7,371st most popular biography from United States (down from 6,128th in 2019) and the 88th most popular American Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Morris Louis ranks 1,745 out of 2,023. Before him are Nikolay Kasatkin, Carl Frederik von Breda, Henry Scott Tuke, William Dobson, Jean-Paul Riopelle, and Philip Guston. After him are Ditlev Blunck, Walter Leistikow, Emmanuel Lubezki, Pier Francesco Mola, Charles Willson Peale, and Andrei Kolkoutine.

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Among people born in 1912, Morris Louis ranks 288. Before him are Tibor Berczelly, György Szűcs, Annemarie Heinrich, Willy Kaiser, Federico Saiz, and Santiago Lovell. After him are Niginho, Eva Crane, Alfred Aston, Lightnin' Hopkins, Albert Richter, and Rudolf Firkušný. Among people deceased in 1962, Morris Louis ranks 171. Before him are Viacheslav Ragozin, George Preca, John Ireland, Mykolas Biržiška, Albert William Herre, and Clara Blandick. After him are Jorma Valkama, Julius Lenhart, Zdeněk Nejedlý, A. K. Fazlul Huq, G. M. Trevelyan, and Karen Lachmann.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Morris Louis ranks 7,373 out of 20,380. Before him are Matt Czuchry (1977), Damian Priest (1982), Stephen Greenblatt (1943), Steven Millhauser (1943), Iwao Takamoto (1925), and Arthur Crudup (1905). After him are Chris Jericho (1970), Matthew Fontaine Maury (1806), Kate Pierson (1948), Vanessa Marquez (1968), Seth Neddermeyer (1907), and Stephen Marley (1972).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Morris Louis ranks 88. Before him are Jim Dine (1935), Alex Katz (1927), Cecilia Beaux (1855), Jenny Holzer (1950), Alice Neel (1900), and Ad Reinhardt (1913). After him are Charles Willson Peale (1741), Frederic Remington (1861), Washington Allston (1779), John Frederick Kensett (1816), Katherine Sophie Dreier (1877), and Charles Dana Gibson (1867).

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