Monday, May 9, 2011

Painting of the Day 5/10/11

                                                                  Mark Rothko, Entrance to Subway [Subway Scene],1938
                                                                             Photo Courtesy Of The National Gallery


Before Rothko's large multiform paintings which were the large soft colors of paint that were transparent and done in a horizontal pattern he painted almost realist esque type paintings during the time around the the Great Depression. He uses abstract ways of painting to make it a perceptual piece and really outlying the architecture of the subway entrance. Rothko loved to focus on the idea of the relationship between the painting itself and viewer who is looking it at it.






Quote Of The Day: " Silence is so accurate" (Mark Rothko)

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