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This would be a distortion of their meaning, since the pictures are intimate and intense, and are the opposite of what is decorative; and have been painted in a scale of normal living rather than an institutional scale.
Mark Rothko
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This would be a distortion of their meaning, since the pictures are intimate and intense, and are the opposite of what is decorative; and have been painted in a scale of normal living rather than an institutional scale. — Mark Rothko

About Mark Rothko

Mark Rothko was a Artist from United States (1903–1970).

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Mark Rothko lived from 1903 – 1970.
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