Painter
The painter of the chosen artwork, Mark Rothko, was an American painter with descent of Jews and Russia. He was born in Dvinsk in the Russian Empire. Later, he did his emigration from Russia to the United States due to his fear of the draft of the Imperial Russian Army of his sons. In the content of the discussion of abstract expressionism, although most of the scholars and professionals refer Mark Rothko as one of the representatives of artists in abstract expressionism, the painter himself denied his work is abstract.
The tone of ‘Dark’
It is not necessary for the so-called ‘dark paintings’ to be sombre. In the artwork produced by Mark Rothko, it demonstrate the fact that the painter allows diffuse contour of the planes of …show more content…
(Phaidon Press, 2011) Literally, people can understand the idea of abstract expressionism, which is derived from combining an anti-figurative aesthetic of the abstract schools of the European countries, and the intensity of emotion of the German Expressionism. Abstract expressionism is of vital importance to the art world and the history of art movement since it is the first specific art movement of America that gain the achievement of the international influence. With the effect of this particular art movement, it assisted to make the New York City as the centre of the western art world, which is the former role of Paris in France. The term ‘abstract expressionism’ has applied and referred to American art in 1946 by the art critic Robert Coates. (Hess, 2005) However, the term actually made its first existence in Germany but not the United States. In 1919, this specific term was used to refer to German Expressionism in the magazine Der Sturm. (Hess, 2005) The word ‘abstract expressionism’ made its first use in the United States in 1929, with the discussion in relation to the artworks produced by Wassily Kandinsky. (Hess,
The painter of the chosen artwork, Mark Rothko, was an American painter with descent of Jews and Russia. He was born in Dvinsk in the Russian Empire. Later, he did his emigration from Russia to the United States due to his fear of the draft of the Imperial Russian Army of his sons. In the content of the discussion of abstract expressionism, although most of the scholars and professionals refer Mark Rothko as one of the representatives of artists in abstract expressionism, the painter himself denied his work is abstract.
The tone of ‘Dark’
It is not necessary for the so-called ‘dark paintings’ to be sombre. In the artwork produced by Mark Rothko, it demonstrate the fact that the painter allows diffuse contour of the planes of …show more content…
(Phaidon Press, 2011) Literally, people can understand the idea of abstract expressionism, which is derived from combining an anti-figurative aesthetic of the abstract schools of the European countries, and the intensity of emotion of the German Expressionism. Abstract expressionism is of vital importance to the art world and the history of art movement since it is the first specific art movement of America that gain the achievement of the international influence. With the effect of this particular art movement, it assisted to make the New York City as the centre of the western art world, which is the former role of Paris in France. The term ‘abstract expressionism’ has applied and referred to American art in 1946 by the art critic Robert Coates. (Hess, 2005) However, the term actually made its first existence in Germany but not the United States. In 1919, this specific term was used to refer to German Expressionism in the magazine Der Sturm. (Hess, 2005) The word ‘abstract expressionism’ made its first use in the United States in 1929, with the discussion in relation to the artworks produced by Wassily Kandinsky. (Hess,