(1903 – 1970)
His art is made up of formal elements such as color, shape, balance, depth, composition, and scale.
1958
Listen to this description of Rothko's work: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/484362
He simply saw painting as a means of addressing the human condition, which he felt was intimately related to philosophy and psychology.
"Every viewer could break free from expectations about how to relate to art, and surrender instead to the timeless, transcendent, metaphysical realities of their own consciousness."
Untitled, 1970