Mark RothkoAmerican, 1903–1970Figures Reclining on a Beach
May one see it?
Not receiving at present
Washington, D.C., United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
- Checked
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Particulars
- Accession number
- 1986.43.207
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- National Gallery of Art
- Image: National Gallery of Art — © the artist or rights holder
Meanwhile, in the life of Mark Rothko
The whole life1928
First group show at the Opportunity Gallery
In 1928 Rothko and a group of young artists showed their work for the first time at the Opportunity Gallery: dark, moody expressionist interiors and urban scenes that critics and fellow artists received well.
1929–1952
Teaching children at the Brooklyn Jewish Center
From 1929 Rothko taught drawing, painting and clay sculpture part-time to schoolchildren at the Center Academy of the Brooklyn Jewish Center, where he remained until 1952.
early 1930s
Milton Avery and Adolph Gottlieb
In the early 1930s Rothko met Adolph Gottlieb and the circle around Milton Avery, including Barnett Newman, Joseph Solman, Louis Schanker and John Graham. According to Elaine de Kooning it was Avery who convinced Rothko that a professional artist’s life was possible; the friends vacationed together at Lake George and Gloucester, painting by day and talking about art in the evenings.
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