Morris Louis
Major Themes and Variations
September 12, 1976 – January 09, 1977
THIS EXHIBITION IS NO LONGER ON VIEW AT THE NATIONAL GALLERY.
Overview: 16 large, late paintings by Morris Louis, a founder of the Washington Color School, were assembled by E.A. Carmean Jr., curator of 20th-century art. The works dated from 1954 to Louis' death in 1962.
Image: Morris Louis, Beta Kappa, 1961, acrylic on canvas, Gift of Marcella Louis Brenner, 1970.21.1
Attendance: 182733
Catalog: Morris Louis, Major Themes and Variations, by E.A. Carmean Jr. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1976.