#abstract expressionism artists

[the-cricket-chirps]

Untitled (Green Paintings)

Cy Twombly

ca. 1986

[dailyrothko]

"Rothko created a modulated ensemble of majestic paintings. The dark purplish tones have a soothing effect, yet they retain enough brilliance to stimulate the mind. The black surfaces invite the gaze to go beyond. The chapel is a place conducive to spiritual activity. We are cut off from the world and its suffocating multiplicity, able to wander in the infinite. Lacking the immensity of the desert, it is in the confines of a restricted place that we can embrace "the whole'. Here we are nowhere and everywhere; here we can find a blessed wholeness, a sense of unity." 

- Dominique de Menil 

𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗥𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗞𝗢, in his studio with triptych from chapel paintings, 1965

📸 Alexander Liberman 

Art- © 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko Artists Rights Society (ARS)

While I have presented the black-and-white version of this picture before, I had not seen this color print until recently. As there are very few photos of Rothko with chapel pictures in a finished state, I'm glad to add this alternate scan. In this one you're able to see quite clearly, the studio supports keeping the pictures in place . . 

It's said that Liberman, a friend of Rothko's, omitted photos of chapel works that had not been settled on, favoring pictures of this center triptych. 

A little bit of a mystery to me here is the fact that this picture is dated 1967, but Rothko appears to be in the same photo session as the other photo of him with the chapel pictures dated 1965. In addition, the black-and-white version of this picture is dated 1965 in one book, leading me to believe that date is accurate. However, Lieberman did take pictures of the studio pulley system and skylight that are dated 1967.    I would think the two pictures with Rothko appearing were from the same shoot, but it wouldn't be unthinkable, given Rothko's sartorial style, for him to be wearing the same suit in two pictures two years apart. This is something I'm still researching.

[suhaylah]

The Spinning Pines (2023) oil & acrylic on linen Instagram: @ suhaylah.h Shop: suhaylah.bigcartel.com Patreon: patreon.com/suhaylah_h

[autoneurotic]

burst apart ii

[oncanvas]

Mars Dust, Alma Thomas, 1972

Acrylic on canvas 69 ¼ × 57 ⅛ in. (175.9 × 145.1 cm) Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, NY, USA

[isbergillustration]

Experiments, 1,34.09

[nobrashfestivity]

Kim Whanki, 26-I-70, 1970 Collection of San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

[theartofjamesb]

Synthetic Heathen

[patrickelvinart]

Each time you fall in love

Coloredpencil and Watercolor

Monrovia 1996

I made this drawing in 1996.

When I drew it, by the grace of God, I had been free form alcohol for one incredible year and I remember, so clearly, that as I drew, I was feeling a deep new creative surge born of hope.

Life is an epic journey my friends.

Each time you fall in love - Cigarettes after sex

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[lovefrenchisbetter]

Untitled, Black on Gray, 1969

Mark Rothko

[elusive-wow]

Nenad Bacanovic

[the-cricket-chirps]

Helen Frankenthaler

Midnight Shore

2002

[dailyrothko]

Today is my birthday, so I thought I would share photos that I got recently and I'm very happy to have. These pictures have not been seen in this fine condition by almost anyone, (One was reproduced on the wall at the Paris show) and the top studio shot for years was only known to me in black and white.

𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗥𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗞𝗢 𝗦𝗧𝗨𝗗𝗜𝗢 222 Bowery, Lower east side, Manhattan 📸 Herbert Matter © Herbert Matter Estate/ Stanford University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives Artworks-© 2024 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York

I don't have an official list of the paintings in these photographs I believe I recognize most of them, so these are my guesses:

Photo one and three- on the far left, partially obscured, No. 15, 1957, Oil on canvas

To the right of that- No. 12 (Black on Dark Sienna on Purple), 1960, Oil on canvas 120 1/8 × 105 ¼ in.

Continuing on the left side we have- No.8 (Gray, Orange and Maroon),1960

In the back up against the wall- No. 7, 1960, a painting that Rothko was famously photographed with by two different photographers

In the foreground- No. 21 (Untitled), 1949 Oil and mixed media on canvas 94 × 53 3/8 in. (238.8 × 135.6 cm)

To the right of that and leaning up against the wall is Untitled, No 11 / No 20, 1949 Oil on canvas, 238,1 × 134,9 cm

The partially obscured red painting on the back wall to the right I do not recognize. But if anybody does, please let me know.

Picture two-No 61 (Rust and blue), 1953, Oil on canvas, 115 cm × 92 cm (45 in × 36 in)

[suhaylah]

Bonfires on the Heath (2023) oil & acrylic on linen Instagram:@ suhaylah.h Shop: suhaylah.bigcartel.com Patreon: patreon.com/suhaylah_h

[autoneurotic]

it’s a metaphor maybe

[zytes]

slip static sunset