Rothko

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This work is Taschens 25th anniversary
- special edition! One of the most esteemed abstract expressionists & greatest painters of the 20th century
- Mark Rothko belongs to the generation of American artists who completely revolutionized the essence 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. Rothko characterized this relationship as a consummated experience between picture & onlooker. His colour formations indeed draw the observer into a space filled with an inner light. Rothko always resisted attempts to interpret his paintings. He was mainly concerned with the viewers experience the merging of work & recipient beyond verbal comprehension. Rothko was an intellectual a thinker a highly educated man. He loved music & literature & was very involved in philosophy especially in the works of Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche & of ancient Greek philosophy & mythology. Rothko was a protagonist within the movement of American painters who became known as the Abstract Expressionists. First formed in New York City during the inter-war years this group was also called the New York School. In all the history of art they became the first American artists to receive international recognition as a significant movement. Many among them including Rothko have become legendary figures.