National Gallery of Art “If you are only moved by color relationships, you are missing the point. I am interested in expressing the big emotions—tragedy, ecstasy, doom.” Mark Rothko aspired to create paintings about the experience of painting that in turn engaged his viewers emotionally. The artist was born Markus Rothkowitz on this day in 1903. He emigrated from Russia as a boy, living with his family in Portland, Oregon. Rothko became a citizen in 1938 and changed his name from Rothkowitz to Roth ⋯⋯ 更多 The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York “Silence is so accurate.” — Mark Rothko, born on this day in 1903. https://met.org/2DulfqF TASCHEN “A picture lives by companionship, expanding and quickening in the eyes of the sensitive observer.” Remembering # MarkRothko , born # otd in 1903 👉 tsc.hn/49230fb ...