Morris Louis

Morris Louis Bernstein, 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.

28 November 1912

Born on the same birth day (28 November): Alexander Blok • Alfonso Cuarón • Chase Elliott • Chris Harris (speedway rider) • Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon • Freddie Mitchell • Garcelle Beauvais • Johanna Döbereiner • Laura Antonelli • Nelson Valdez • Park Sung-bae

Born in the same month (November 1912): Alfredo Stroessner • Barbara Hutton • Charles Schneeman • Connie Sawyer • Eleanor Powell • Enrique García (Argentine footballer) • Garson Kanin • George O'Hanlon • Gordon Parks • Gunther Plaut • Jaan Hargel • Joan Sanderson • Robert Simpson (meteorologist) • Teddy Wilson • Tung-Yen Lin • Vic Hey • W. Allen Wallis • W. E. D. Ross • Yi U