CONNERSMITH is pleased to announce Brilliance, an exhibition of paintings by the latent genius of the Washington Color School, Howard Mehring. These lyrical abstract works demonstrate the long concealed brilliance of Mehring’s art.

In the late 1950s Mehring created a distinctive loose, gestural style often referred to as “Lyrical Abstraction.” The artist’s signature technique of pouring paint and dripping with a brush characterizes the first stage of his mature work. These delicate paintings, known as “Allovers,” are considered by many to be his greatest masterpieces.

Curator WALTER HOPPS asserted “Mehring was the closest painter to Morris Louis in delicacy” describing Mehring’s work as: “simultaneously delicate and bold, a rare combination also present in Jackson Pollock’s work.”