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Museo Reina Sofía commemorates Mark Rothko’s birth with a work from 1950

Museo Reina Sofía commemorates Mark Rothko’s birth with a work from 1950 Image: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid

The featured work is ‘Sin título (Naranja, ciruela, amarillo)’, made in 1950 in oil on canvas.

Rothko was born in 1903 and was described by the museum as a key figure in colour-field painting.

The post presents colour as the primary material of emotion in Rothko’s artistic outlook.

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