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Mark
Rothko reviews the work of an artist destined to become one of the great pioneers
of postwar art, and in particular one of the leading lights of American Abstract
Expressionism. Divided into three galleries, or “chapels of meditation“
as Rothko himself liked to call them, the exhibition includes works from the 1940s
clearly influenced by Expressionism and Surrealism; paintings from the 50s in
his mature style featuring large fuzzy-edged rectangles of color; and paintings
from the 1960s where the brightly-colored rectangular planes give way to grays
and blacks, reflecting the artist’s emotional state.
Mark
Rothko (September 25, 1903 - February 25, 1970) was a painter, often classified
as an abstract expressionist
He was born Mark Rothkowitz in Daugavpils (Dvinsk),
Russia (now Latvia). His work concentrated on basic emotions, often filling the
canvas with very few intense colours, with little immediately apparent detail.
In this respect, he can also be considered related to color field painters (see:
Helen Frankenthaler).
A large collection comprising fourteen of his
works in an installation setting makes up the Rothko Chapel in Houston; numerous
other works are scattered in museums throughout the world.
Rothko committed
suicide in his New York studio on February 25, 1970.
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Sin
título, 1950.
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título, 1969-70.
Sin
título, 1961.
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título, 1949.
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