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4 of 10,..oh!..whats this, oh well.
Mark Rothko American, born Russia ( now Latvia). 1903 - 1970
No. 16 (Red, Brown, and Black) 1958
Oil on canvas
Mrs. Simon Guggenheim Fund, 1959
In 1943, Rothko, with his friend the painter Adolph Gottlieb, wrote several philosophical statements that would continue to guide his painting for years to come: “We favor the simple expression of the complex thought. We are for the large shape because it has the impact of the unequivocal. We wish to reassert the picture plane. We are for flat forms because they destroy illusion and reveal truth.” The scale and surface of this painting reflect these ideas. Rothko abandoned traditional Renaissance three-point perspective, which conceives of the canvas as a window onto another world. Multiple glazes of dark pigments of varying opacity result in a picture surface that seems flat yet quivers and vibrates, offering a sense of atmospheric depth. Rothko hoped that these compositional strategies would invite visual and emotional contemplation, creating the conditions for silence and reflection.
From the Placard: MoMA Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
New project/theme! WOO
So, I had this whole other project going on but then the pictures weren't really turning out the way I wanted so I was desperately searching for new inspiration and a new idea. Thats when Boy_Wonder posted something and it just got me inspired. If you haven't checked his work out I suggest you do, its really good stuff!
Anywho, I also wanted to commemorate my last art history class somehow. Ive been taking art history courses over the course of my two years in college and they can just be brutal at times! Ive had to memorize at least like ~900 different slides for midterms each semester over two years thats what ? around ~3600 slides over 2 years. Its really ridiculous.
Whenever I am doing that I'm always trying to put a face to the name of the artist I'm memorizing or a face to the painting/photograph/sculpture I'm memorizing.
This is just my way of putting a face to a painting and just a way for me to really appreciate paintings and art in general! :]
This is No. 14 by Mark Rothko (1960). He is classified as an abstract expressionist but he didn't like being called that so...well just call him a painter. He really wanted to show basic emotions with his paintings and when people would break down in tears in front of his paintings that sort of showed him he was doing something right.
Ill put a picture of the painting under just so you guys get to see what i kinda went after.
Het Gemeentemuseum presenteert – nog tot 1 maart 2015 - een tentoonstelling over de wereldberoemde kunstenaar Mark Rothko. Van blozend roze tot jubelend geel tot knallend blauw en somber zwart. Wanneer je voor de immense doeken van Mark Rothko staat voel je hoe je in zijn wereld wordt gezogen. De kleurvelden – opgebouwd uit zinderende verflagen – zijn van een ongekende intensiteit en verbeelden universele gevoelens als angst, extase, tragiek en euforie.
Happy 111th birthday to Mark Rothko! Rothko's close friend Robert Motherwell, who coined the term 'New York School' to describe their influential circle of abstract expressionists, helped the shy artist promote his artwork and rise to international fame. “When I was a younger man, art was a lonely thing," wrote Rothko. "No galleries, no collectors, no critics, no money. Yet, it was a golden age, for we all had nothing to lose and a vision to gain." See a lithograph by Motherwell in our collection: ow.ly/BWKpm
Mark Rothko
American, born Latvia (Dvinsk, [now Daugavpils], Latvia, 1903 - 1970, New York City, New York)
No. 14, 1960
1960
Painting | oil on canvas
san francisco museum of modern art
December 2010
DSCN9192
Mark Rothko, No. 4 - Untitled (Yellow, Charcoal and Brown), 1953, Oil on canvas [asphalt], 105 11/16 x 50 ¾ [105 11/16 ] in - 268.4 x 128.9 [ 268.4] cm, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Loved seeing the Rothko show and the interplay of people moving in front of the paintings. Had really interesting conversations about the work with my friend and one of the guards. Took these with my iphone.
Mark Rothko American, born Russia ( now Latvia). 1903 - 1970
No. 16 (Red, Brown, and Black) 1958
Oil on canvas
Mrs. Simon Guggenheim Fund, 1959
In 1943, Rothko, with his friend the painter Adolph Gottlieb, wrote several philosophical statements that would continue to guide his painting for years to come: “We favor the simple expression of the complex thought. We are for the large shape because it has the impact of the unequivocal. We wish to reassert the picture plane. We are for flat forms because they destroy illusion and reveal truth.” The scale and surface of this painting reflect these ideas. Rothko abandoned traditional Renaissance three-point perspective, which conceives of the canvas as a window onto another world. Multiple glazes of dark pigments of varying opacity result in a picture surface that seems flat yet quivers and vibrates, offering a sense of atmospheric depth. Rothko hoped that these compositional strategies would invite visual and emotional contemplation, creating the conditions for silence and reflection.
From the Placard: MoMA Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY