1960s Hard Edge Paintings by Howard Mehring of The Washington Color School
HOWARD MEHRING (1931–1978) Throughout his career, Howard Mehring was a leading figure in the group of artists known as the Washington Color School, though he differed from them in his preference for using geometric forms in his compositions. A native Washingtonian, Mehring was an art major at Wilson Teachers College, where his student teaching was supervised by Leon Berkowitz, one of the founders of the Washington Workshop Center for the Arts. He also studied painting at the