EAN: 9780300219685

MARK ROTHKO - TOWARD THE LIGHT IN THE CHAPEL - ...

Mark Rothko  one of the greatest painters of the twentieth century  was born in the Jewish Pale
of Settlement in 1903. He immigrated to the United States at age ten  taking with him his
Talmudic education and his memories of pogroms and persecutions in Russia. His integration into
American society began with a series of painful experiences  especially as a student at Yale 
where he felt marginalized for his origins and ultimately left the school. The decision to
become an artist led him to a new phase in his life. Early in his career  Annie Cohen-Solal
writes  he became a major player in the social struggle of American artists  and his own
metamorphosis benefited from the unique transformation of the U.S. art world during this time.
Within a few decades  he had forged his definitive artistic signature  and most critics hailed
him as a pioneer. The numerous museum shows that followed in major U.S. and European
institutions ensured his celebrity. But this was not enough for Rothko who continued to
innovate. Ever faithful to his habit of confronting the establishment  he devoted the last
decade of his life to cultivating his new conception of art as an experience  thanks to the
commission of a radical project  the Rothko Chapel in Houston  Texas.

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