"Art is an adventure into an unknown world, which can be explored only by those willing to take risks"
-Mark Rothko and Adolph Gotllieb manifesto, published in 1943 in the New York Times.
Anyone who knows me knows, my favorite artist is Mark Rothko. But it always seems to me that he gets overshadowed by other artist in the late 20th century or simply no one knows who he is. This Blog is meant to correct fix that.
-Mark Rothko and Adolph Gotllieb manifesto, published in 1943 in the New York Times.
Anyone who knows me knows, my favorite artist is Mark Rothko. But it always seems to me that he gets overshadowed by other artist in the late 20th century or simply no one knows who he is. This Blog is meant to correct fix that.
Both paintings belong to the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C.
“He [Rothko] aimed for the most extraordinary level of impact, with the most minimal of means. According to Kuh, he found most painters of the past - apart from Turner and Rembrandt - “slightly distasteful”. He felt, although his work looked very unlike Rembrandt’s, that he shared the same aim as the great Dutchman, “a maximum of poignancy”.”
- From “The Mysterious Tragedy at the Heart of Rothko’s Tranquil Masterpiece” by Martin Gayford. Published by the Telegraph in 2008
Source:
telegraph.co.uk
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