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uselessconsumer's review against another edition
Very well written and researched. I found the writing style was not how I usually enjoy reading biographies and it didn't end up keeping my attention.
sailorgold_'s review against another edition
3.0
3.5 stars
A very comprehensive biography, pretty detailed, with quite a lot of context which made the understanding easier.
A very comprehensive biography, pretty detailed, with quite a lot of context which made the understanding easier.
rwaringcrane's review against another edition
3.0
Preparing to speak to a group that just read this title, I picked up Cohen-Solal's work so I could be on the same page as my audience . More than mere research for this talk, this book helped me with another project; I'm taking a class in Studio Painting: Oils and each week the non-studio assignment is to learn about two new-to-me artists.
I've seen prints and bookplates of Rothko's color field work and would LOVE to know how he created his magic, but had little knowledge of his life. Thus, he's new to me.
Beyond this happy double motivation, the text was dry, lacking in depth or any hint of sympathetic feeling. Rothko may not have been a warm person, but the sign of engaging biography is to make the subject come alive. It doesn't happen.
I've seen prints and bookplates of Rothko's color field work and would LOVE to know how he created his magic, but had little knowledge of his life. Thus, he's new to me.
Beyond this happy double motivation, the text was dry, lacking in depth or any hint of sympathetic feeling. Rothko may not have been a warm person, but the sign of engaging biography is to make the subject come alive. It doesn't happen.
bkish's review against another edition
5.0
this is an excellent book very well written researched careful thinking not fictional...
if you are interested in modern art and the art of Rothko this is the book to read
it is marvelous to read how his art came about and that brings into play the other abstract expressionists of his time.
It is mostly tho about Rothko and his self as a person as an artist. He had been a figurative painter and he became an artist painting a world of colors where he said were his figures right there. He formed few coalitions of like minded artists and really then their path was all new and they were compared with the european artists and their art. He saw himself as the iconoclast the fighter against tradition the innovator. He was enraged at the business of art and how it worked. When however he became a success he was there one of those he hated. He became or maybe always was a very tormented man probably paranoid and his life ended by suicide.
His art intrigues pulls us in brings us to new levels. Annie Cohen-Solal did a brilliant work here
Rothko came to this country from Russia as a very young person and he was Jewish and his father gave him as a child a very religious and deep study. It is said by many that his painting reflects that and the author said that. Maybe so. I think somewhere in his life Rothko lost his way
if you are interested in modern art and the art of Rothko this is the book to read
it is marvelous to read how his art came about and that brings into play the other abstract expressionists of his time.
It is mostly tho about Rothko and his self as a person as an artist. He had been a figurative painter and he became an artist painting a world of colors where he said were his figures right there. He formed few coalitions of like minded artists and really then their path was all new and they were compared with the european artists and their art. He saw himself as the iconoclast the fighter against tradition the innovator. He was enraged at the business of art and how it worked. When however he became a success he was there one of those he hated. He became or maybe always was a very tormented man probably paranoid and his life ended by suicide.
His art intrigues pulls us in brings us to new levels. Annie Cohen-Solal did a brilliant work here
Rothko came to this country from Russia as a very young person and he was Jewish and his father gave him as a child a very religious and deep study. It is said by many that his painting reflects that and the author said that. Maybe so. I think somewhere in his life Rothko lost his way
maplesyrupcoffee's review against another edition
3.0
My drive to read this book stemmed from my curiosity about this artist's life.
I often found it challenging to comprehend all the details, since I read a Dutch version, which is not my first language.
However, I would mention that it is probably a more challenging book for many people, since it covers many areas of art history and the art world.
I learnt about the complexities of art critique, the evolution of Mark Rothko's works and the art-dealing side of the 'industry'.
My favourite part was hearing about his childhood.
I often found it challenging to comprehend all the details, since I read a Dutch version, which is not my first language.
However, I would mention that it is probably a more challenging book for many people, since it covers many areas of art history and the art world.
I learnt about the complexities of art critique, the evolution of Mark Rothko's works and the art-dealing side of the 'industry'.
My favourite part was hearing about his childhood.
fluentinsilence's review against another edition
3.0
http://winterlief.blogspot.nl/2014/11/mark-rothko-1.html
lkshedlin's review against another edition
3.0
disappointed with the writing. The author makes too many assumptions that she either doesn't flesh out or does so after the fact.
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