Aquatic Drama

1946 · Painting

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National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., USA

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Inventarnummer: 1986.43.10

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Malerier Olie Amerikansk maleri Efterkrigskunst 1900-tallet American Abstract Expressionist

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Imens i livet hos Mark Rothko

Hele livet

1944–1945
Mell Beistle: meeting and marriage
Rothko met the book illustrator Mary Alice “Mell” Beistle in 1944 and married her in early 1945.
late 1945
The Art of This Century show
The one-person show at Peggy Guggenheim’s gallery was not a success: few sales, at prices from $150 to $750, and unfavourable reviews. Guggenheim nevertheless bought several works, including Sacrifice (1946), and showed it in her European galleries, making it among the first of Rothko’s paintings exhibited outside the United States.
1946
The first Rothko in a museum collection
The Whitney Museum, which included Rothko’s surrealist works in its annual exhibition from 1943 to 1950, acquired Baptismal Scene (1945) in 1946: the first of his works to enter a museum collection, a key milestone in his career.
3 – 22 March 1947
A first solo show with Betty Parsons
Rothko’s first solo exhibition at the Betty Parsons Gallery ran from 3 to 22 March 1947; he showed there again in 1950 and 1951.
October 1948
Rothko’s mother dies
Rothko’s mother, Kate, died in October 1948; the discovery of his definitive form came at a period of great distress.
1948–1949
The “Subjects of the Artist” school
In 1948 Rothko, Robert Motherwell, William Baziotes, Barnett Newman and David Hare founded the Subjects of the Artist school at 35 East 8th Street, with public lectures by Jean Arp, John Cage and Ad Reinhardt; it failed financially and closed in the spring of 1949. Besides teaching, Rothko began writing for the new magazines Tiger’s Eye and Possibilities.