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Rothko himself described these paintings as possessing a more organic structure, and as self-contained units of human expression.
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Rothko and himself
According to Rothko, the work of modernists, influenced by primitive art, could be compared to that of children in that " child art transforms itself into primitivism, which is only the child producing a mimicry of himself.
As a result, Rothko ’ s work became increasingly abstract ; perhaps ironically, Rothko himself described the process as being one toward " clarity.
The term " multiform " has been applied by art critics ; this word was never used by Rothko himself, yet it is an accurate description of these paintings.
Rothko had, after painting his first " multiform ," secluded himself to his home in East Hampton on Long Island.
" On half of the works, Rothko applied none of the paint himself, and was for the most part content to supervise the slow, arduous process.
Mark Rothko was one of the painters that Greenberg referred to as a Color Field painter exemplified by Magenta, Black, Green on Orange, although Rothko himself refused to adhere to any label.
After the war, back in San Francisco, Bischoff found himself once more in the midst of avant-garde artistic ebullience-mixing, among other painters ( and to name but two ), with such artists as Mark Rothko and Clyfford Still.
Rothko and described
Despite the abandonment of his " Mythomorphic Abstractionism " ( as described by ARTnews ), Rothko would still be recognized by the public primarily for his " Surrealist " works, for the remainder of the 1940s.
Visual artist Jeffers Egan ( http :// www. jeffersegan. com ) has been working with the video painting medium for some time, producing works described as references to Rothko and Pollock.
Rothko and these
Rothko and his peers, Gottlieb and Newman, met and discussed the art and ideas of these European pioneers, especially those of Mondrian.
For Rothko, these blurred blocks of various colors, devoid of landscape or human figure, let alone myth and symbol, possessed their own life force.
Soon, the " multiforms " developed into the signature style ; by early 1949 Rothko exhibited these new works at the Betty Parsons Gallery.
Rothko and paintings
Miró has been a significant influence on late 20th-century art, in particular the American abstract expressionist artists such as Motherwell, Calder, Gorky, Pollock, Matta and Rothko, while his lyrical abstractions and color field paintings were precursors of that style by artists such as Frankenthaler, Olitski and Louis and others.
The resemblance to the CoBrA painters is also recognized by art critic Roberto Ohrt, while others have compared his paintings to the work of Jackson Pollock, Franz Kline, Antonin Artaud, Francis Bacon, Vincent van Gogh and Mark Rothko.
Most pieces came from the Guggenheim's permanent collection, but the museum also acquired paintings by Willem de Kooning, Mark Rothko and Clyfford Still and commissioned new works by Francesco Clemente, Anselm Kiefer, Jenny Holzer and Richard Serra.
He found inspiration in the paintings of the abstract expressionists, and throughout the 1970s wrote a number of pieces around twenty minutes in length, including Rothko Chapel ( 1971, written for the building of the same name, which houses paintings by Mark Rothko ) and For Frank O ' Hara ( 1973 ).
It was due to Weber that Rothko began to see art as a tool of emotional and religious expression, and Rothko ’ s paintings from this era reveal a Weberian influence.
" Rothko's style was already evolving in the direction of his renowned later works, yet, despite this newfound exploration of color, Rothko turned his attention to another formal and stylistic innovation, inaugurating a period of surrealist paintings influenced by mythological fables and symbols.
A list of the titles of the paintings from this period is illustrative of Rothko ’ s use of myth: Antigone, Oedipus, The Sacrifice of Iphigenia, Leda, The Furies, Altar of Orpheus.
Soon after the war, Rothko felt his titles were limiting the larger, transcendent aims of his paintings, and so removed them altogether.
Still ’ s deeply abstract paintings would be of considerable influence on Rothko ’ s later works.
The year 1946 saw the creation of Rothko ’ s transitional " multiform " paintings.
Besides viewing many paintings, the architecture and the music of Europe left a deep impression on Rothko.
Still wrote to Rothko to request the paintings he had given Rothko over the years.
For Rothko, the paintings were objects that possessed their own form and potential, and therefore, must be encountered as such.
" Rothko ’ s comment on viewers breaking down in tears before his paintings that may have convinced the De Menils to construct the Rothko Chapel.
Rothko agreed to provide paintings for the building ’ s new luxury restaurant, The Four Seasons.
For Rothko, this commission presented a new challenge for it was the first time he was required not only to design a coordinated series of paintings, but to produce an artwork space concept for a large, specific interior.
Over the following three months, Rothko completed forty paintings, three full series in dark red and brown.
Rothko and possessing
When " Fortune " magazine named a Rothko painting as a good investment, Newman and Still, out of jealousy, branded him a sell-out, secretly possessing bourgeois aspirations.
Rothko and more
Having suffered serious financial setbacks, the Rothkowitzes were mystified by Rothko ’ s seeming indifference to financial necessity ; they felt he was doing his mother a disservice by not finding a more lucrative and realistic career.
The lawsuit continued for more than 10 years and became known as the Rothko Case.
His works sold for more than $ 200 million, topping auction result totals for Claude Monet, Alberto Giacometti, and Mark Rothko combined.
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She also showed more experimental work in the 50 ’ s which showed the influence of American artists Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko.
Rothko and structure
As Rothko was given creative license on the design of the structure, he clashed with the project's original architect, Philip Johnson over the plans for the chapel.
Rothko and human
Rothko, Gottlieb, and Newman read and discussed the works of Freud and Jung, in particular their theories concerning dreams and the archetypes of the collective unconscious, and understood mythological symbols as images that refer to themselves, operating in a space of human consciousness that transcends specific history and culture.
These Rothko Chapel Awards have recognized individuals and organizations who, at great risk, denounce violations of human rights.
Rothko and expression
Whatever Rothko ’ s feeling about the audience or the critical establishment ’ s interpretation of his work, it is apparent that, by 1958, the spiritual expression he meant to portray on canvas was growing increasingly dark.
With artists like Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky, Emma Kunz, and later on Rothko, Barnett Newman, and Agnes Martin, abstract art clearly implied expression of ideas concerning the spiritual, the unconscious and the mind.
" By 1958, whatever spiritual expression Rothko meant to portray on canvas, it was growing increasingly darker.
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