46.+Mark+Rothko+(1903-1970)

**2. Art movement (for example, the Renaissance) **
Abstract Expressionism, Color field

**4. Who or what influenced their work? **
Max Weber

**5. What made their work unique? Describe their style of artwork. **
He found art as as tool of emotional and religious expression

**6. Is there any interesting story of their life you can share? **
In 1968 Rothko was diagnosed with a mild aortic aneurysm. Rothko continued to drink and smoke heavily,avoided exercise, and maintained an unhealthy diet. On February 25, 1970 Rothko's assistant found him lying dead in the kitchen in front of the sink, he had committed suicide.

**7. Include a quote by or about the artist. **
"Only in expressing basic human emotions: tragedy, ecstasy, doom, and so on. And the fact that a lot of people break down and cry when confronted with my pictures shows that i can communicate those basic human emotions. The people who weep before my pictures are having the same religious experience i had when i painted them. And if you,as you say, are moved only by their color relationship, then you miss the point"

**8. Images (with names and dates): **
Four darks in Red, 1958

**. Most famous works (3 or more) **
In the Tower, 1964 Black On Grey, 1970 Number 3, 1949