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Morris Louis

1912 - 1962

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Morris Louis has received more than 191,857 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Morris Louis is the 1,671st most popular painter (down from 1,484th in 2019), the 6,129th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,002nd in 2019) and the 83rd most popular American Painter.

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  • 55.78

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Morris Louis ranks 1,671 out of 2,023. Before him are Frederic Remington, Kitty Lange Kielland, Georg von Rosen, John Baldessari, Elfriede Lohse-Wächtler, and Constant Nieuwenhuys. After him are Jacob Maris, Eugene Lanceray, Daniel Seghers, Valentine Hugo, Julius Hübner, and Harald Sohlberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Morris Louis ranks 260. Before him are Ollie Johnston, Lightnin' Hopkins, Iuliu Bodola, Glenn Morris, Boris Chertok, and Givi Javakhishvili. After him are Sonny Boy Williamson II, Alexander Mackendrick, Santiago Lovell, Alexandru Todea, Jaroslav Bouček, and Héctor Socorro. Among people deceased in 1962, Morris Louis ranks 142. Before him are Forrest Smithson, Florence Lee, Louis Abell, Hans Rosbaud, Roger Ducret, and Bidhan Chandra Roy. After him are Henri Oreiller, Knud Kristensen, Walter Anderson, Sven Landberg, Charles Rigoulot, and Otto Froitzheim.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Morris Louis ranks 6,129 out of 20,380. Before him are Charles Fleischer (1950), Don Knotts (1924), Sandra Brown (1948), Elizabeth Berkley (1972), David Mamet (1947), and Marion Lorne (1883). After him are Mike Bloomfield (1943), Mary Browne (1891), Joe Bryant (1954), Phil Anselmo (1968), Joseph Engelberger (1925), and Sonny Boy Williamson II (1912).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Morris Louis ranks 83. Before him are Mark Tobey (1890), Robert Henri (1865), Chuck Close (1940), John William Casilear (1811), Frederic Remington (1861), and John Baldessari (1931). After him are Richard Anuszkiewicz (1930), Jenny Holzer (1950), William Merritt Chase (1849), Robert Ryman (1930), Theodore Robinson (1852), and Mike Kelley (1954).

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