Mark Rothko - Toward the light in the chapel:

"Mark Rothko was not only one of the most influential American painters of the twentieth century; he was a scholar, an educator, and a deeply spiritual human being. Born Marcus Yakovlevich Rotkovitch, he emigrated from the Russian Empire to the United States at age ten, already well educated in...

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Beteilige Person: Cohen-Solal, Annie 1948- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: New Haven Yale University Press [2015]
Schriftenreihe:Jewish lives
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Links:http://scans.hebis.de/HEBCGI/show.pl?35395043_toc.pdf
Zusammenfassung:"Mark Rothko was not only one of the most influential American painters of the twentieth century; he was a scholar, an educator, and a deeply spiritual human being. Born Marcus Yakovlevich Rotkovitch, he emigrated from the Russian Empire to the United States at age ten, already well educated in the Talmud and carrying with him bitter memories of the pogroms and persecutions visited upon the Jews of Latvia. Few artists have achieved success as quickly, and by the mid-twentieth century, Rothko's artwork was being displayed in major museums throughout the world. In May 2012 his painting Orange, Red, Yellow was auctioned for nearly $87 million, setting a new Christie's record. Author Annie Cohen-Solal gained access to archival materials no previous biographer had seen. As a result, her book is an extraordinarily detailed portrait of Rothko the man and the artist, an uncommonly successful painter who was never comfortable with the idea of his art as a commodity"..
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Umfang:X, 282 Seiten, 4 ungezählte Seiten Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:9780300182040
9780300219685