Abstract Art
With the
Exceptional Child
After viewing some
works by Morris Louis,
you and your students
will be ready to try
creating some poured
paintings!
One of my favorite projects to do with children is a paint- ing project in the style of the American abstract expressionist Morris Louis. Although every
child gets a lot of satisfaction in the process, this is especially fun to do with the
exceptional student who has a physical,
emotional, or mental impairment. For
the home educator who has kids of various ages and abilities, this is great project
to do outside, and it just requires a little
bit of planning.
Morris Louis Bernstein was born in
1912 in Baltimore, Maryland. He grew
up during the Depression, and he won
a four-year scholarship to the Maryland
Institute of Fine and Applied Arts. He
worked on some federal arts projects
and eventually moved to New York,
where he changed his name to Morris Louis. He worked there for a while,
studying the artists who abounded in
that vibrant city, but then he moved
back to the Baltimore area in 1947 and
got married.
Saraband by Morris Louis
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