Mark Rothko, a titan among modern painters, said that the subject matter of his paintings was the extremes of human emotion. His extraordinary achievement was the communication of tragedy and elation through forms reduced to starkest simplicity—oftentimes a pair of rectangles. Born Marcus Rothkowitz in Dvinsk, Russia (now Daugavpils, Latvia), the artist emigrated to the United States at the age of 10. After a series of artistic metamorphoses, he established himself as a leader among New York’s artistic avant-garde in the late 1940s, in that moment when the devastation of a global war shunted creative impulses into radically new directions. Rothko died in 1970 at the age of 66. The National Gallery of Art is the largest public repository of Rothko’s works, with 1,100 works on paper and paintings on canvas and panel.
This calendar showcases twelve of Rothko's mesmeric creations. Each monthly grid has the previous and next month views and features US, Canadian, and United Kingdom legal holidays and lunar phases. Weeks run from Sunday to Saturday with easy to write on grid pages.
This calendar was printed using soy-based inks on on premium, environmentally sourced paper stock.
Perfect for hanging at home or over an office desk.
Dimensions: 12" x 13", Opens to 12" x 26"
Published with the National Gallery of Art, Washington.
