Red Maroons, 1962 (oil on canvas)
{"Image ImageDescription": "499548 Red Maroons, 1962 (oil on canvas)\n\n by Rothko, Mark (1903-70); 202x207 (framed) 200.7x205.7 (unframed) cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: Here, softly painted rectangles of colour float against a smoky background. Their blurred edges make the colour masses appear to vibrate with a misty, magical quality. Restrained, yet deeply evocative, Rothko's painting seems to represent the results of lengthy meditation.\n\n \n\nLargely a self-taught painter, Mark Rothko stopped painting recognizable objects in 1940 because he wanted to \"create a new language of painting\" that made no reference to the kinds of things people were used to seeing in pictures. A leading figure in abstract expressionism, Rothko was convinced that colour could express the full range of human emotions. Though large, his pictures are intended not to overpower, but to envelop and immerse the viewer in a total colour experience.\n\n \n\n\n\n); Contemporary Collection and Friends of The Cleveland Museum of Art; American,  in copyright.\n\nPLEASE NOTE: This image is protected by artist's copyright which needs to be cleared by you. If you require assistance in clearing permission we will be pleased to help you. In addition, we work with the owner of the image to clear permission. If you wish to reproduce this image, please inform us so we can clear permission for you.", "Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Image XResolution": "300", "Image YResolution": "300", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image Software": "Adobe Photoshop CS4 Windows", "Image DateTime": "2012:11:13 14:45:13", "Image Copyright": "Contemporary Collection and Friends of The Cleveland Museum of Art / Bridgeman Images", "Image ExifOffset": "1616", "Thumbnail Compression": "JPEG (old-style)", "Thumbnail XResolution": "72", "Thumbnail YResolution": "72", "Thumbnail ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormat": "1754", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormatLength": "1586", "EXIF ColorSpace": "sRGB", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "7740", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "7594"}