Background
Morris, George L. K. was born on November 14, 1905 in New York City. Son of Newbold and Helen S. (Kingsland) Morris.
Morris, George L. K. was born on November 14, 1905 in New York City. Son of Newbold and Helen S. (Kingsland) Morris.
Graduate Groton School, 1924. Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1928.
Student painter in Paris with Fernand Leger, also New York City, 1928-1930. Editor Yale Literature Review, also Miscellany magazine, New York City, 1929-1931, Plastique magazine, Paris, 1937-1939, World of Abstract Art, 1957. Founder, art editor Partisan Review, 1937-1943.
American editor art d’Aujourd dui.
Instructor painting Art Students League, 1945-1946. Artist-in-residence Saint John's College, 1960-1961, 66.
Director New York City Center Music and Drama, from 1966. Exhibited in Valentine Gallery, New York City, 1933, Berkshire Museum Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 1933, Museum Living Art, New York City, Saybrooke College, Yale, 1935, Reinhardt Gallery, 1936, Pierre Gallery, Paris, 1936-1938, Mayor Gallery, London, 1936, Passeloit Gallery, Seligmann Galleries, 1938, Downtown Gallery, New York City, 1943, 44, 47, 50, 64, 66, Galerie Allendy, Paris, 1946, Alan Gallery, New York City, 1955, 57, Institute Contemporary Art, Washington, 1958, Corcoran Gallery, Washington, 1965, Berkshire Museum, 1966, Hirschl and Adler galleries, New York City, 1971, 74, Lenox (Massachusetts) Library, 1974, Cincinnati Art Museum, 1975, National Institute Arts and Letters, 1975, American Academy Arts and Letters 1976.
Representative collections University of Illinois Hessischer Landesmuseum, Darmstadt, Germany, Pennsylvania Academy, Metropolitan Museum Art, Wichita, Whitney, Philadelphia Berkshire museums, Yale Gallery, Phillips Memorial Gallery, U. Georgia, Munson-Proctor-Williams Museum, Utica, New York, North Carolina Museum, Montclair (New Jersey) Art Museum, Dallas Museum, Chattanooga Museum, High Museum, Atlanta, Honolulu Museum Board of directors Lenox Library.
United States delegate United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Conference, Venice, 1952. Recieient Pepsi-Cola Achievement award, 1948, Temple gold medal Pennsylvania Academy 1966, Saltus Gold medal National Academy 1973.
Member American Abstract Artists, 1936 (founder, exhibitor. Clubs: Elizabethan, Lenox (Massachusetts).
Married Estelle C. Frelinghuysen.