THE EXHIBITION CATALOGUE MODERN ART BOOK IS PUBLISHED BY HUDSON HILLS PRESS. N.Y., IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE MARK ROTHKO FOUNDATION AND THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF ARTS, PRINTED HONG KONG IN 1984 ON THE OCCASION OF THE EXHIBITION AT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART WASHINGTON D.C, WITH COMPELLING TEXT AUTHORED BY BONNIE CLEARWATER, FOUNDATION CURATOR.
MARK ROTHKO ( 1903 - 1970 ) IS AN AMERICAN MODERNIST PAINTER OF RUSSIAN JEWISH DESCENT. ALTHOUGH ROTHKO HIMSELF REFUSED TO ADHERE TO ANY ART MOVEMENT, HE IS GENERALLY DEFINED AS AN ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONIST. HIS BOLD USE OF COLOR FIELDS MAKE THE ARTWORKS IMPRESSIVELY ICONIC AND HIGHLY INDIVIDUAL. ROTHKO IS CONSIDERED TO BE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AND INFLUENTIAL AMERICAN PAINTERS OF THE 20TH CENTURY.
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