Rothko, An Abstract Humanist ( Rothko, un humaniste abstrait )

Rothko, An Abstract Humanist (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Rothko, un humaniste abstrait
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
French ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/NTSC/Region 0 )

Running Time:
51 min + 31 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2003 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Isy Morgensztern

Written By:
Isy Morgensztern

Actors:
Isabelle Motrot ..... Narrato

Synopsis:

Born in Russia in 1903, he immigrated to the United States at the age of 10 and committed suicide in New York in 1970. But just who is Mark Rothko? Probably one of the 20th century's greatest artists. He brought into abstract painting a function that had been abandoned by philosophy: to unify our relationship to the world around us. His path is intimately linked to the painters who gave the United States their first art movement of international stature, the 'abstract expressionists': Pollock, Newman, Kline, Still and Motherwell. But the unique quality of his work and its emotional strength sets Rothko aside from any movement. This documentary retraces his life and presents his work including the many paintings that came before and after his abstract period, which is referred to as his "classical" period. A major figure in art who, like Turner before him, attempted to paint '... nothing and very like'. Isy Morgensztern Bonus features: Mark Rothko, life and works, An interview with Christopher Rothko

This program offers a rare examination of the life and work of Mark Rothko. Rothko gave abstraction the emotional power of music and poetry. He painted ideas rather than objects and, in the process, created a deeply original pictorial language. One of the most important artists of his generation, Rothko is perhaps best known for his work in the style of the New York School and was a peer of many other illustrious abstract artists: Jackson Pollock, Barnett Newman, Clyfford Still, Franz Kline, and Robert Motherwell, to name only five."

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 23 September, 2015.