Mark Rothko
Mark Rothko (1903-1970) is next to Jackson Pollock's second major representative of the American abstract expressionism. His large format marked side by side and superimposed monochrome colour surfaces works are aimed at precisely calculated light and space effects, on an almost meditative interaction between picture and viewer. So Rothko took the offer to develop a concept for an interfaith prayer room (the "Rothko Chapel" in Houston.
