Born on this day in 1903, artist Mark Rothko explored the expressive potential of color to convey emotions. Learn about his painting "Untitled (Violet, Black, Orange, Yellow on White and Red)":
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Happy birthday to painter Mark Rothko, born on this day in 1903. Works like “No. 13 (White, Red, on Yellow)” epitomized what he said was "the simple expression of the complex thought."
"From the start, he had struggled to reveal the human condition." Happy birthday Mark Rothko!
Carter Ratcliffe examines the artist's style in contrast to the loud, secularised art of 1960s New York...
“There are some artists who tell all, but I think it is more shrewd to tell little,” declared Mark Rothko. In fact he was always reticent when questioned about his painting techniques and materials.
For those who want to know more about the science behind Rothko’s techniques and materials, conservation scientists Alison Langley and Suzanne Quillen Lomax explore his pivotal early works, (known as multiforms) in the second volume of the National Gallery of Art's conservation journal, "Facture: Conservation, Science, Art, Art History." Their detailed analysis of the multiforms reveals not only the evolution of his abstract style but also his creative experiments with paint that foreshadow the enigmatic paint surfaces of his mature work.
Image: Mark Rothko, "Untitled," 1949, mixed mediums on canvas, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc. 1986.43.158 © 2015 by Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko
Mark Rothko’s health deteriorated during the final two years of his life, a period during which he made over 250 works on paper, compared to just 24 paintings on canvas. In works such as this one, he explored subtle variations and combinations of a palette restricted to shades of gray, brown, and black. In a remarkably economic way, Rothko crafted a hauntingly intense viewing experience. In the lower, gray passage, rich and rapid brushwork creates the sense of a roiling sea, swirling mist, or menacing fogbank. The upper, dark brown passage, on the other hand, has been painted with broad, rectilinear strokes, resulting in a vague patchwork-quilt effect. The disjunction between Rothko’s modes of handling creates a disquieting tension between flatness and depth, illusion and materiality. Recalling the ruminative seascapes of the German Romantic painter Caspar David Friedrich, this 1969 painting exemplifies the intense vitality and spectral ethereality of Rothko’s late works.
Look carefully at this Rothko. Do you see any similarities to paintings by Friedrich (http://1.usa.gov/1LOq5cK)? What is happening in Rothko's painting? Do you see the confrontation between top and bottom? #Rothko #ArtAtoZ
Image: Mark Rothko, "Untitled (brown and gray)," 1969, acrylic on paper, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc. 1986.43.285 © 2015 by Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko
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