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'' helen frankenthaler , jackson pollock alpha-pi '' , acrylic on canvas 1960 , 300px morris louis
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morris louis

morris louis , born morris louis bernstein -lrb- november 28 , 1912 -- september 7 , 1962 -rrb- , was an american painter .
during the 1950s he became one of the earliest exponents of color field painting .
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 .
