Mark Rothko

Mark Rothko 1903 - 1970    2007/04/27 11:45
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Mark Rothko in his West 53rd Street studio, c. 1953, photograph by Henry Elkan, courtesy Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Rudi Blesh Papers. One of the preeminent artists of his generation, Mark Rothko is closely identified with the New York School, a circle of painters that emerged during the 1940s as a new collective voice in American art.   During a career that spanned five decades, he created a new and impassioned form of abstract painting.   Rothko's work is characterized by rigorous attention to formal elements such as color, shape, balance, depth, composition, and scale; yet, he refused to consider his paintings solely in these terms.                  "It is a widely accepted notion among painters that it does not matter what one paints as long as it is well painted.                This is the essence of academicism. There is no such thing as good painting about nothing."               Slow Swirl at the Edge of the Sea. 1944. Oil on canvas       Rothko largely abandoned conventional titles in 1947, sometimes resorting to numbers or colors in order to distinguish one work from another. The artist also now resisted explaining the meaning of his work. "Silence is so accurate," he said, fearing that words would only paralyze the viewer's mind and imagination.  By this time, Rothko had virtually eliminated all elements of surrealism or mythic imagery from his works, and nonobjective compositions of indeterminate shapes emerged.     Untitled. (1945-46). Watercolor and ink on paper                                                                                                                                                     Sacrifice, April 1946. Watercolor, gouache, and india                                                                                                          ink on paper                                                      Untitled (# 17), 1947. Oil on canvas                                                                                                                                                       Untitled (Violet, Black, Orange, Yellow on White and Red), 1949.                                                                                     Oil on canvas     Rothko's work began to darken dramatically during the late 1950s. This development is related to his work on a mural commission for the Four Seasons restaurant, located in the Seagram Building in New York City. Here Rothko turned to a palette of red, maroon, brown, and black. The artist eventually withdrew from this project, due to misgivings about the restaurant as a proper setting for his work. He had, however, already produced a number of studies and finished canvases, two of which are included in the present installation. In the Seagram panels, Rothko changed his motif from a closed to an open form, suggesting a threshold or portal. This element may have been related to the architectural setting for which these works were intended.     Green and Maroon, 1953, Oil on canvas                                                                                                             Untitled, 1968, Oil on canvas                                                           Untitled (Black on Grey), 1969/1970. Acrylic on canvas,         Figure Composition with Grid, Drawing                                                                                  Untitled, 1944/1945, Drawing
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