Artist: Morris Louis (1912 - 1962)
Nationality: American
Movement: Abstract Expressionism
Media: Painting
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Artworks in Museum Collections: (100)
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Charles Willson Peale - Governor Morris and Robert Morris 1783 oil on canvas Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts American
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Frederick R. Spencer - Frances Ludlum Morris (Mrs. Robert Morris) oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Morris Henry Hobbs St. Louis Cathedral, Old New Orleans Etching 19th - 20th century
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Morris Louis - 133 1962 acrylic on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Morris Louis - Pi 1960 acrylic on canvas North Carolina Museum of Art American
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William Morris Hunt, American, 1824-1879 Morris Hunt 1857 Oil on canvas 37.15 x 33.02 cm
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John Wollaston - Mary Walton Morris 1749-1752 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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John Wollaston - A Gentleman of the Morris Family 1749-1752 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Morris Louis - Number 1-81 1961 acrylic resin on can High Museum of Art American
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Morris Louis - Russet 1958 synthetic polymer pa The Museum of Modern Art American
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Morris Louis - Number 99 1959 acrylic on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art American
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Morris Louis - Untitled 1958 synthetic polymer pa The Museum of Modern Art American
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Morris Louis - Untitled 1-89 1958 acrylic on canvas Des Moines Art Center American
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Henry Inman - George Pope Morris c. 1836 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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William Henry Lippincott - Summer Afternoon Morris, Connecticut 1885 Watercolor on paper Florence Griswold Museum American
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Pink and Rose Wallpaper Design, ca. 1890 Made by William Morris (English, 1834-1896)Hand-block-printed wallpaper; 22
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Morris Louis - Beth Chaf 1959 acrylic on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Morris Louis - Delta Lamda 1961 acrylic on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art American
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Morris Louis - Beta Kappa 1961 acrylic on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Morris Louis - Alpha Epsilon 1961 Acrylic on canvas The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
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Artist: William Morris Title: Birds Date: 1879 - 1880 Medium: jacquard, woven Dimensions: H.82 x
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William Morris Hunt, American, 1824-1879 Hamlet about 1864 Oil on canvas 239.39 x 146.37 cm
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William Morris Hunt, American, 1824-1879 Portrait of a Lady about 1870 Oil on canvas 143.51
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William Morris Hunt, American, 1824-1879 Felix Regamy about 1864 Oil on canvas 216.53 x 104.14
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William Morris Hunt, American, 1824-1879 Niagara about 1878 Casein on canvas 158.11 x 253.36 cm
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William Morris Hunt, American, 1824-1879 Mother and Child about 1865 Oil on canvas 142.9 x
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Circle Of William Morris Hunt, American, 1824-1879 Portrait of a Lady 1870-75 Oil on canvas
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Circle Of William Morris Hunt, American, 1824-1879 Portrait of a Lady 1870s Oil on canvas
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Carl Morris Untitled Lithograph 1962
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W.G. Jackman [Geo. Morris] 19th century
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William Morris Hunt, American, 1824-1879 Sketch for the State Capitol at Albany (Discoverer) 1878 Oil
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William Morris Hunt, American, 1824-1879 Sketch for the State Capitol at Albany (Flight of Night)
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Length of Printed Cotton, 19th–20th century Designed by William Morris (British, 1834-1896); Morris and Company,
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Morris Graves Sunflower watercolor, ink and opaque watercolor circa 1955
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Nicholas Winfield Scott Leighton, American, 1849-1898 Waiting at the Bars 1880s Oil on canvas 51.12
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Morris Henry Hobbs Shotgun House, Old New Orleans Etching 1943
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Cabinet, 19th century (1861) Designed by Philip Webb (1831-1915); Made by Morris, Marshall, Faulkner &
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Morris Broderson Lizzie Borden Transparent and opaque watercolor and pastel 1966
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Carl Morris Untitled Color lithograph on Rives BFK paper 1962
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Morris Henry Hobbs Louise Drypoint 19th - 20th century
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Morris Henry Hobbs Aphrodite Drypoint 19th - 20th century
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Morris Graves Night Bird transparent and opaque watercolor on paper 20th century
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Unknown artist or artists A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland ed. by F.O. Morris (London: William Mackenzie, [ca. 1860]), vol. 2 book with Baxter process color plates ca. 1860
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Unknown artist or artists A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland ed. by F.O. Morris (London: William Mackenzie, [ca. 1860]), vol. 6 book with Baxter process color plates ca. 1860
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Unknown artist or artists A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland ed. by F.O. Morris (London: William Mackenzie, [ca. 1860]), vol. 1 book with Baxter process color plates ca. 1860
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Unknown artist or artists A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland ed. by F.O. Morris (London: William Mackenzie, [ca. 1860]), vol. 5 book with Baxter process color plates ca. 1860
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Unknown artist or artists A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland ed. by F.O. Morris (London: William Mackenzie, [ca. 1860]), vol. 4 book with Baxter process color plates ca. 1860
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Unknown artist or artists A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland ed. by F.O. Morris (London: William Mackenzie, [ca. 1860]), vol. 3 book with Baxter process color plates ca. 1860
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William Morris Hunt Governor's Creek, Florida oil on canvas 1874
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William Morris Hunt Girl at a Fountain Lithograph 1857
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Morris Henry Hobbs Plazuela Burnal, Taxco, Mexico Drypoint 1922
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William Morris Artifact: Tooth blown glass 1996
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William Morris Jar with Raven and Frogs blown glass 1999
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William Morris Rhyton: Mastadon blown glass 1996
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William Morris Canopic Jar - Buck blown glass 1993
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William Morris Petroglyph Urn with Horn blown glass 1992
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William Morris Hunt The Fortune Teller Lithograph 19th century
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William Morris Hunt, American, 1824-1879 Harbor View about 1870-1879 Charcoal on paper 24.1 x 39.4
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William Morris Hunt, American, 1824-1879 The Quarry - or Study of Rocks about 1870-1879 Charcoal
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Morris Henry Hobbs Perotas Alley, Old New Orleans Drypoint 19th - 20th century
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Morris United States Industry must back up the boys "over there" - World War I Poster lithograph poster 1918
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Henry Wolf Mrs. Robert Morris (Mary White) Wood Engraving 19th - 20th century
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Ernest Lee Major, American, 1864-1950 Resting — Montiguy sur Loing 1888 Oil on canvas 65.4
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William Morris Hunt, American, 1824-1879 Merrimac River Banks of the Merrimac 1875 Charcoal on paper
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Attributed to William Morris Hunt, American, 1824-1879 Cast of the hand of Louisa Dumaresq Perkins
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P.R. Morris A Highland Pastoral - p.93 The Illustrated London News 27 July 1872 wood engraving 19th century
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William Morris Suspended Artifact: Jackal Mask with Baleen and Gourd blown glass 1995
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Sarah Wyman Whitman, American, 1842-1904 Martin Brimmer 1892 Oil on canvas 60.96 x 50.8 cm
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Ward, Leslie Matthew (Spy) "an Irish lawyer" (Lord Morris of Spiddal), Judges No. 41 from Vanity Fair, September 14, 1893 Lithograph 1893
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William Morris Artifact Still Life blown glass, scavo, gold leaf, and copper 1989 - 1990
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Louis Haghe Grand Portico of the Temple of Philae, Nubia color lithograph 1847
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Louis Haghe Grand Approach to the Temple of Philae, Nubia color lithograph 1847
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Morris Graves - In the Night 1943 ink on paper The Maier Museum of Art American
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Robert Morris - Untitled 1969 felt The Museum of Modern Art American
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George L.K. Morris - Nocturne 1945-1949 oil on canvas Hirshhorn Museum American
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Morris Graves - Cat with Red Cabbage 1935 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art American
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Morris Graves - Majestic Dog 1935 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art American
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Morris Graves - Chalices 1940 tempera Arkansas Arts Center American
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William Morris Hunt, American, 1824-1879 Horsemen in Mexico Charcoal 18 x 29 cm (7 1/16
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Carl Morris - Abstract n.d. acrylic on wove pape Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester American
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Saint Vincent, Patron Saint of Lisbon Frei Carlos (Portuguese, active second quarter 16th century); Portuguese
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William Morris Hunt, American, 1824-1879 Flower Study 1870-79 Charcoal on paper Sheet: 56.8 x 41.3
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William Morris Hunt, American, 1824-1879 Portrait of a Lady 1870-79 Charcoal on paper Sheet: 46.7
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William Morris Hunt, American, 1824-1879 Male head Charcoal Sheet: 55 x 62.6 cm (21 5/8
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William Morris Hunt, American, 1824-1879 Baseball About 1877 Charcoal on paper Image: : 34.9 x
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George L.K. Morris - Inverse Projection 1957 oil on canvas DAAP Galleries, University of Cincinnati American
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Philip Richard Morris - The Wedding Party n.d. oil on panel Utah Museum of Fine Arts English
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William Morris Hunt - Girl with Cows 1860 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art American
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William Morris - Processing Angels c. 1866 sepia drawing with w Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery British
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Morris Kantor - Landscape with Bathers 1921 oil on canvas Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester American
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George L.K. Morris - New England Church 1935-46 oil on canvas Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art at The University of Oklahoma American
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Morris Graves - Little Spirit Bird 1953 watercolor on paper Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester American
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George L.K. Morris - Shipbuilding Composition 1940 oil on canvas Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art at The University of Oklahoma American
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William Morris Hunt - The Ball Players 1871 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art American
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William Morris Hunt - Winged Fortune 1878 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art American
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William Morris Hunt, American, 1824-1879 Fortune at the Helm 1878 Charcoal on tan paper 210.8
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Carl Morris - Pietrasanta, Italy 1971 acrylic on wove pape Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester American
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George Cruikshank Fools' Morris Dance, Plate 4 opposite page 270 in the book Ancient Mysteries Described, Especially the English Miracle Plays...by William Hone (London: William Hone, 1823) etching 1823
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George L.K. Morris - Factory Fragments 1949 oil and pencil on ca Hirshhorn Museum American
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William Morris Hunt, American, 1824-1879 Sheep about 1853 Oil on canvas 21.59 x 38.1 cm

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (30)
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Art Institute of Chicago: The Idea of Louis Sullivan
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St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley: Instructor/Assistant Professor Needed
Successful candidates will have knowledge of learning theory, experience in collaborative and interdisciplinary teaching techniques, a commitment to assessing and documenting student success and experience in using teaching to enhance learning...
US Art Gallery: Woord: A Collaboration between Pienaar van Niekerk and Louis Esterhuizen
Pienaar prefers not to “illustrate” the content, but rather to use words and text as intelectual, symbolic and even abstract material. I this way, text can be treated as texture and letters as form. Pienaar “plays” with different planes to ...
Laumeier Sculpture Park: Soo Sunny Park’s Bio-Structure: Metra Geo
Soo Sunny Park’s work is informed by the cyclical nature of life, her analysis of childhood memories, her cultural and scientific explorations, and her incredible inclination to intrigue audiences. Soo Sunny Park’s site-specific installation creat...
Forum for Contemporary Art: Ando Constructed: Photographs of the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts by Robert Pettus, Curated by Mel Watkin
For three years prior to its completion, Pettus spent weekends roaming the construction site analyzing every detail. Alone, without the construction crew's presence, he shot hundreds of images that reflect the minimalist elegance of ...
Louvre Museum: The Treasury of the Sainte Chapelle
First of all, the relics and reliquaries from the Imperial Byzantine palaces...
Columbia Museum of Art: A Private Garden: The Jack and Elaine Folline Collection of the Works Of Louis Comfort Tiffany

Born in New York City to the founder of Tiffany & Co., Louis Comfort Tiffany began his career by studying painting with George Inness and Samuel Colman. Prompted by his fathers chief designer Edward C. Moore, Tiffany traveled throughout the Medite...
St. Louis Art Museum: Currents 80: Gary Simmons
With this photographic series, Simmons continues his fascination with classrooms and their contents, including seminar rooms, lecture halls and auditoriums inhabited by distinctive chairs, desks and black boards. This work is con...
Santa Barbara Museum of Art: From the Sun King to the Royal Twilight: Painting in Eighteenth-Century France from the Musee de Picardie, Amiens
Over the course of the eighteenth century, artists began to receive commissions not only from the court, but also from the bourgeoisie. This shift is reflected in the ...
Saint Louis Art Museum: Vincent van Gogh and the Painters of the Petit Boulevard
Van Gogh actively participated in discussing and debating new ideas, which ultimately became the shape and substance of modern art in Europe. He identified these artists as the painters of the petit boulevard, a term that reflected their desire...
Saint Louis Art Museum: Intimate Pleasures - Asian Handscrolls and The Four Seasons in Asian Painting
Intimate Pleasures focuses on the unusual fonnat of the Asian hand scroll. Holding and unrolling a hand scroll is considered by connoisseurs to be the most enjoyable and satisfying way to view a calligraphy or painting. Small enough to put i...
Dallas Museum of Art: Circa 1900: Design at the Turn of the Century
Included in the exhibition will be furniture by the American arts and crafts master Gustav Stickley, as well as the French art nouveau designer Louis Majorelle. Frank Lloyd Wright designs, Louis Comfort tiffany glass, George Jensen silver, and...
Louvre Museum: Pieter Boel, Painter of Louis XIV's Animals - The collection of painted studies from the Gobelins
Since more than a century onwards, Pieter Boel' s studies, there are 80 of th...
Saint Louis Art Museum: Currents 83: Peter Doig
Currents 83: Peter Doig includes paintings and drawings from the1990s. It is the first solo museum exhibition of the artist's work in North America and was organized by the Berkeley Art Museum. Its presentation at the Saint Louis Art Museu...
Association for Visual Arts: Louis Jansen van Vuuren: Solo Exhibition
His work is represented in most major public and corporate art collections locally, including those of SANG, the Universities of Cape Town, Bloemfontein, Stellenbosch and the Western Cape; First National Bank; Rand Merchant Bank; Investec; Boland ...
Saint Louis Art Museum: WONDERLAND
The ten artists participating in the exhibition – Janet Cardiff, Olafur Eliasson, Teresita Fernández, Stephen Hendee, Bill Klaila, Joep van Lieshout, Ernesto Neto, Pipilotti Rist, Gregor Schneider, ...
Forum for Contemporary Art: Doug Ischar: Recent Works
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Saint Louis Art Museum: Art in Bloom: A Weekend of Flowers
This year's arrangements are being created by area garden clubs. Free docent-led tours will be available to give visitors a better understand of the artworks and their relationship to each flower arrangement. The honorary...
Bishop's University Art Gallery: Wavering Identities by Jacky G. Lafargue and Louis Couturier
The installation manipulates urban public space by playing, not on an ideal of integration, but on the unease or surprise ...
Musee d'Orsay: Daumier
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Saint Louis Art Museum: Currents 84: Christian Marclay
Marclay consistently draws viewers' attention to such themes as communication and translation, whether from one language to another or from sound into words. He often samples and mixes sounds and images to create engaging videos, collages...
Glass Art Society: Call for Artists: 36th Annual Conference - Glass Gateways - Meet in the Middle
For more information on the conference theme please go here: http://www.glassart.org/St.Louis_2006.html To Submit a Proposal

1) Fill out the presentation proposal form: http://www.g...
Contemporary Art Museum: Staging: Janieta Eyre, Julie Moos, Zwelethu Mthethwa
In her exhibit, Eyre photographs herself, as a surrogate, dressed in elaborate costumes set within fantastical rooms, which suggest scenarios that do not exist in real time. Incorporating complex literary references, art historical symbolism and h...
Saint Louis Art Museum: Tadao Ando - Architect
Ando's chosen building material is reinforced concrete. In plan, his buildings consist of geometric forms whose smooth concrete surfaces define pristine sculpted spaces. Ando is particularly masterful at incorporating light, water, and lands...
Saint Louis Art Museum: Pop Impressions Europe/USA: Prints and Multiples from The Museum of Modern Art
Organized thematically, the exhibition addresses some of the prevailing subjects that preoccupied Pop artists, including mass media, consumer culture, politics, and erotica. The exhibition begins with proto-Pop examples by artists such as Ja...
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art: Virgil Marti Opens New Work
Martis Morris Gallery installation will reference the Academys striking decorative program by building architect Frank Furness, as well as its historic curatorial practice, through the use of dramatic lighting, flocked wallpaper, and faux ease...
Milwaukee Art Museum: The Last Show of the Century: A History of the 20th Century Through Its Art
Twentieth-century artists have been keenly aware of their social environment, perhaps to a greater degree than artists in any other century. Using a time line as its basis, this exhibition will count off the major historical ev...
Craft Alliance: Function Follows Form, Artist-Made Furniture
Artists included in the exhibition are:
Dale Broholm
Andy Buck
Graham Campbell
Jill Henrietta Davis
Amy Forsyth
Jack Larimore
Mary Little
John McNaughton
Craig Nutt
Richard Prisco
Charles Swanson
Phi...
Frick Art and Historical Center: FROM THE SUN KING TO THE ROYAL TWILIGHT: PAINTING IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY FRANCE FROM THE MUSEE DE PICARDIE, AMIENS
DeCourcy McIntosh, executive director of the Frick Art & Historical Center, says, “This exhibition provides a powerful antidote to the commonly held view of eighteenth-century French painting as ...
Minneapolis Institute of Arts: Milestones of Modernism 1880-1940: Selections from the Norwest Collection

More than 200 objects are included in the exhibition—furniture, metalwork, ceramics, glass and works on paper. Created between 1880 and 1940, they represent a survey of the major movements of the period: A...

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