{"id":230,"date":"2019-12-06T00:07:12","date_gmt":"2019-12-06T00:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/kelseavance\/?p=230"},"modified":"2019-12-08T00:19:07","modified_gmt":"2019-12-08T00:19:07","slug":"morris-louis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/kelseavance\/2019\/12\/06\/morris-louis\/","title":{"rendered":"Morris Louis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/kelseavance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9755\/2019\/12\/065f130fcfd9eb8ece72e84a9806d13b.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-232\" width=\"577\" height=\"798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/kelseavance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9755\/2019\/12\/065f130fcfd9eb8ece72e84a9806d13b.jpg 219w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/kelseavance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9755\/2019\/12\/065f130fcfd9eb8ece72e84a9806d13b-217x300.jpg 217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 577px) 100vw, 577px\" \/><figcaption>Breaking Hue (1954)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Thinning his acrylics to stain the canvas and folding and bending it to manipulate the paint, Louis was a revolutionary in his time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/kelseavance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9755\/2019\/12\/download.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-233\" width=\"573\" height=\"431\" \/><figcaption>Point of Tranquility (1959-60)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Rejecting the abstract action painting style of Polluck or Kline, Louis wanted to focus on the quality of colour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/kelseavance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9755\/2019\/12\/delta-theta-1961.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/kelseavance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9755\/2019\/12\/delta-theta-1961.jpg 640w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/kelseavance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9755\/2019\/12\/delta-theta-1961-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/kelseavance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9755\/2019\/12\/delta-theta-1961-620x389.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption>Delta Theta (1961)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/kelseavance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9755\/2019\/12\/X8.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-235\" width=\"574\" height=\"393\" \/><figcaption>Salvaged Painting 553<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"721\" src=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/kelseavance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9755\/2019\/12\/7b9a016fa30ced651de5b6f0b1b26096-1024x721.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/kelseavance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9755\/2019\/12\/7b9a016fa30ced651de5b6f0b1b26096-1024x721.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/kelseavance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9755\/2019\/12\/7b9a016fa30ced651de5b6f0b1b26096-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/kelseavance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9755\/2019\/12\/7b9a016fa30ced651de5b6f0b1b26096-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/kelseavance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9755\/2019\/12\/7b9a016fa30ced651de5b6f0b1b26096-620x436.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Dalet Kaf (1959)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While I do prefer his more colourful work, I appreciate the darker and gloomier ones as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An American artist born in the early 20th century only to die at the age of fifty. 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