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Mark 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.
Mark Rothko (1903-1970) belongs to the generation of American artists who completely revolutionized the essence and design of abstract painting. His stylistic evolution, from a figurative visual repertoire to an abstract style rooted in the active relationship of the observer to the painting, embodied the radical vision of a renaissance in painting.
Mark Rothko, né Marcus Rothkowitz à Dvinsk,(Lettonie), le 25 septembre 1903 et mort le 25 février 1970, est un peintre américain. Classé parmi les représentants de l'expressionnisme abstrait américain, mais Rothko refusait cette catégorisation jugée « aliénante ».
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.
Mark Rothko’s art is among the most recognizable of the 20th century. Our exhibition Mark Rothko: Paintings on Paper is open from November 19, 2023, to March 31, 2024. We’ve gathered key facts about the artist to help you understand his life and work.
Mark Rothko (IPA: , Markus Yakovlevich Rothkowitz until 1940; September 25, 1903 – February 25, 1970), was an American abstract painter. He is best known for his color field paintings that depicted irregular and painterly rectangular regions of color, which he produced from 1949 to 1970.
En 1970 à New York, Mark Rothko se donne la mort en ingurgitant des barbituriques, mais également en s'ouvrant les veines des deux bras. Malade, affaibli par un anévrisme de l'aorte, en proie à l'alcool et asservi par une consommation excessive de cigarettes, le peintre de 67 ans en pleine dépression était plus que jamais troublé par son avenir et celui de ses toiles.
