Color You Don’t Just See. You Feel.

Mark Rothko spent his career trying to make painting do something beyond simply depict the world.

Born Marcus Rothkowitz to a Jewish family in what is now Latvia, Rothko immigrated to the United States as a child and eventually became one of the defining figures of American Abstract Expressionism. But even that label never quite fit. He resisted being told what his paintings were supposed to mean, insisting instead on the experience between the painting and the person standing in front of it.

His early work moved through figurative painting, mythology, Surrealism, and increasingly simplified forms before arriving at the vast fields of color for which he became known. Deep reds, maroons, oranges, yellows, blacks, and greens seem almost to glow from within, shifting as you spend time with them.

This TASCHEN Basic Art volume follows that evolution through Rothko's life and work, from his early paintings to the monumental color fields and the Seagram murals.

The idea is simple: stand in front of the painting. Stay there a while. See what happens.

That's Rothko.

Details

• Hardcover
  
• 96 pages
  
• 8.3" × 10.2"
  
• 1.38 lb
  
• English-language edition
  
• Author: Jacob Baal-Teshuva
  
• Basic Art Series
  
• Published by TASCHEN
  
• ISBN: 978-3-8365-0426-3