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Artist: Morris Louis
Untitled (Wizard Fantasy)
By Morris Louis
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled (Wizard Fantasy)
Pen and ink on paperboard, 1948
Signed and dated by the artist lower right
Extremely rare "Middle Period" drawing. One of two drawings that were given by the artist to Jeanette Kear, Chevy Chase, MD which were signed and dated by the artist. All others in the exhibition are from sketchbooks and have the estate stamp and numbering.
Exhibited at National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, Dec. 6 1979-Feb. 3, 1980
and
Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University, Feb. 22-April6, 1980
Illustrated twice in the resulting catalog, The Drawings of Morris Louis, by Diane Upright Headly, Harvard Univeristy and author of the catalog essay and entries. (See photos)
Condition: Mounted to paper board by owner, Jeanette Kear for framing
Glazed with glass
Image size: 13 7/8 x 16 5/8 inches
Frame size: 20 x 23 x 3/4 inches
Provenance: Jeanette F. Kear, Chevy Chase, MD
Illustrated: National Collection of Fine Art, 1979: "The Drawings of Morris Louis,"
Catalog No. 1, illustrated D1, reproduced p. 73
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 Schoo
Early life and education
From 1929 to 1933, he studied at the Maryland Institute of Fine and Applied Arts (now Maryland Institute College of Art) on a scholarship, but left shortly before completing the program. Louis worked at various odd jobs to support himself while painting, and in 1935 was president of the Baltimore Artists' Association. From 1936 to 1940, he lived in New York City and worked in the easel division of the Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project. During this period, he knew Arshile Gorky, David Alfaro Siqueiros, and Jack Tworkov. He also dropped his last name.
Work
Color field painting
He returned to his native Baltimore in 1940 and taught privately. In 1948, he pioneered the use of Magna paint—a newly developed oil-based acrylic paint made for him by his friends, New York paintmakers Leonard Bocour and Sam Golden. In 1952, Louis moved to Washington, D.C. Living in Washington, D.C., he was somewhat apart from the New York scene and he was working almost in isolation. During the 1950s he and a group of artists that included Kenneth Noland, Gene Davis, Thomas Downing, Howard Mehring, Anne Truitt and Hilda Thorpe...
Category
1940s American Modern Morris Louis Art
Materials
Graphite
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