The Transcendental Abstraction of Mark Rothko
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Ken Casey
- August 28th, 2017
The name Mark Rothko has become synonymous with the term “color field painting” a style of abstract painting that emerged in New York City during the 1940s and 1950s. Often thought of as an Abstract Expressionist, Rothko arrived at his iconic style after a long artistic and spiritual journey. Born Markus Yakovlevich Rothkowitz in […]
Roy Lichtenstein and the End of Abstract Expressionism
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- June 19th, 2017
American artist Roy Lichtenstein was an influential force in the Pop Art movement of the 1960s. Along with Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, and James Rosenquist the group forged a new and varied approach to art making that signaled the end of the Abstract Expressionist movement of the 1950s. Born in 1923 to an upper middle class family […]