Rothko is famous for his stunning use of color.
Born in Dvinsk, Russia (now Daugavpils, Latvia) Rothko moved with his family to Portland, Oregon in 1913. His painting education was brief - he moved to New York to study under the artist Max Weber and then struck out on his own.
Rothko is known for his abstract expressionism paintings, but he moved through more traditional styles in his early career, including Surrealist paintings in the 1940s. In 1947 he embarked on the first of his large abstract 'colour-field' paintings, formalising their structure further in the 1950s.
Rothko had huge success with largescale solo shows, but committed suicide in 1970.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/powerofart/rothko.shtml This is the eighth and last episode of the Power of Art series.
The complete series is organized here:
http://www.videosift.com/playlists/mauz15/Fine-Arts
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siftbotsays...Moving this video to mauz15's personal queue. It failed to receive enough votes to get sifted up to the front page within 2 days.
NicoleBeesays...Broken now? Dang I need to get this series on dvd.
mauz15says...^ it plays fine for me.
schmawysays...I've noticed that in the museum galleries, they always put the benches in front of the Rothkos.
NicoleBeesays...I'll always love the 'Simon Schama has a freaky 2001 experience' bit at the beginning of this episode.
NicoleBeesays...*promote
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