Fuck Yeah Mark Rothko

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November 2011

2 posts

An Interview with Rothko's Sister

I recently found this transcript of an interview with Mark Rothko’s sister Sonia Allen. It was conducted by the the Smithsonian Institutions Archives of American Art. At the time of the interview Ms. Allen was 94 years old. Her answers are somewhat short and as the collection summary on the website states she does not elaborate very much on her answers. What is interesting about...

October 2011

5 posts

September 2011

7 posts

Seeing a Rothko

I’ve never really made personal post on this blog and before yesterday I never really thought to. The point of this blog was simply to share Mark Rothko with people who loved his work and people who had never heard of him. Simply this blog is about Rothko, not me. But after visiting the Museum of the Art Institute in Chicago (I was visiting a friend up here) I felt I had to share this...

“I thought in a sense the seriousness of his [Rothko] demeanor was because of his...”

– Sidney Schectman Gallery owner, involved with the artist group The Ten of which Mark Rothko was a memeber. The quote refers to Rothko’s early works. Source: Oral history interview with Bernard Braddon and Sidney Paul Schectman, 1981 Oct. 9, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian...

August 2011

13 posts

“This world of the imagination is fancy-free and violently opposed to common...”

– Mark Rothko

“The reason for my painting large canvases is that I want to be intimate and...”

– Mark Rothko

“When he [Rothko] was seated before the work, subjecting it to his habitual...”

– “The Mysterious Tragedy at the Heart of Rothko’s Tranquil Masterpiece” by Martin Gayford Published in The Telegraph in 2008

“It is a widely accepted notion among painters that it does not matter what one...”

– Mark Rothko

July 2011

13 posts

The Rothko Book: Tate Essential Artists Series

The Rothko Book: Tate Essential Artists Series by Bonnie Clearwater. Image taken from google images. This book is from the Tate Musuem in the UK. I’ve mentioned them before on this blog. They currently have a Rothko Room in which the Segrum paintings are displayed. If recently discovered Rothko or just want to learn more about him I think this would be a good place to start. ...

June 2011

11 posts

Valerie Hegarty

While this blog is dedicated to Rothko, I think it is important to recognize how an artist has effected art. I believe rothko has had a profound effect on the art community. So I’m going to make some post about artist who have used Rothko as inspiration. I recently stumbled upon this artist while looking for pictures of Rothko’s work. Valerie Hegarty is a contemporary artist. Her...