Art history places Mark Rothko among the artists of Abstract Expressionism, a representative of "colorfield painting"; he was part of the generation that brought American art to the forefront of the international scene after the Second World War. An uncompromising figure, however, he rejected most of the labels attached to him.
He had a very high opinion of art, and could not abide judgments that he considered approximate. A connoisseur of Greco-Latin mythology, a great reader of Shakespeare and Nietzsche, he never ceased to express the tragedy of the human condition. We'll see how he achieved this through a style of painting that was both
simplicity and sensuality, focusing on the essential.
He had a very high opinion of art, and could not abide judgments that he considered approximate. A connoisseur of Greco-Latin mythology, a great reader of Shakespeare and Nietzsche, he never ceased to express the tragedy of the human condition. We'll see how he achieved this through a style of painting that was both
simplicity and sensuality, focusing on the essential.
