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Seagram murals

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The Seagram Murals are a series of large-scale paintings by abstract expressionist artist Mark Rothko.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Seagram Murals at the Tate Modern in London The Seagram Murals are a series of large-scale paintings by abstract expressionist artist Mark Rothko. The murals, characterized by their dark and somber palette, represented Rothko’s commitment to expressing the basic human emotions of tragedy, ecstasy, and doom while also showing a shift to his darker state of mind. His paintings use horizontal, vertical, and square formats to alter the viewer’s sense of space with reference to windows, doors, and portals.[1] The paintings were originally commissioned…

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