No. 6 (Yellow, White, Blue over Yellow on Gray)

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No. 6 (Yellow, White, Blue over Yellow on Gray)
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Artist Mark Rothko
Year1949
MediumAcrylic on canvas
Dimensions240 cm× 151.8 cm(94 in× 59.8 in)
OwnerPrivate collection

No. 6 (Yellow, White, Blue over Yellow on Gray) is a 1954 oil on canvas painting in a color field style by Latvian-born American artist Mark Rothko created in 1954. After his experiments with mythological themes and Surrealism to express tragedy he turned to depicting irregular and painterly rectangular regions of color. [1]

Description

The painting depicts three blurred blocks of yellow, white and blue opposed against a gray ground. [1] He made the various layers of the painting dry quickly, without mixing of colors, so that he could soon create new layers on top of the earlier ones. [2] [3] No. 6 (Yellow, White, Blue over Yellow on Gray) belongs to Rothko’s late period when he for seven years painted in oil only on large canvases with vertical formats. Very large-scale designs were used, in Rothko's words, to make the viewer feel "enveloped within" the painting. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Mark Rothko, NO. 6 (YELLOW, WHITE, BLUE OVER YELLOW ON GRAY)". Sotheby's. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  2. ↑ Qiu, Jane (26 November 2008). "Rothko's methods revealed". Nature. 456 (7221): 447. doi: 10.1038/456447a . ISSN   1476-4687.
  3. ↑ "Mark Rothko: The Artist's Reality - The Culturium -". The Culturium. 2020-06-14. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  4. ↑ "Mark Rothko: Classic Paintings". www.nga.gov. Retrieved 2021-04-02.
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