This week we have been focusing on abstract artist Mark Rothko. He was an Abstract Expressionist (kind of like Jackson Pollock). He wanted to paint human emotions.
Rothko thought that the greatest paintings were the ones that captured a sense of stillness, and that is what he tried to do.
He painted rectangles with fuzzy edges. Why do you think he made them look blurry? It’s a bit like looking through binoculars before they have been focused.
Rothko thought that the greatest paintings were the ones that captured a sense of stillness, and that is what he tried to do.
He painted rectangles with fuzzy edges. Why do you think he made them look blurry? It’s a bit like looking through binoculars before they have been focused.