An American artist born in the early 20th century only to die at the age of fifty. A leading figure in the Colour Field painting movement and even though his life was short, he was extremely prolific and painting upon gigantic canvases.
Thinning his acrylics to stain the canvas and folding and bending it to manipulate the paint, Louis was a revolutionary in his time.
Rejecting the abstract action painting style of Polluck or Kline, Louis wanted to focus on the quality of colour.
Dalet Kaf is an example of his later Veil paintings where in he would staple his canvases to the wall (due to his small studio) allowing the paint to cascade down.
While I do prefer his more colourful work, I appreciate the darker and gloomier ones as well.
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