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Perhaps because he himself had been an artist, it did not take long for the likes of Andy Warhol, Mark Rothko and Lee Krasner to enter into Glimcher’s circle of intimate acquaintances. Glimcher founded Pace in 1960 immediately after he left the Massachusetts College of Art, convinced that he would never become a painter but confident that art would nonetheless be his life...
...Though Rothko is traditionally regarded as the inheritor of Matisse’s mantle for his use of color, Glimcher compared him instead to Pierre Bonnard. He said the idea came when he remembered a conversation about color he had with Rothko: “He said, ‘Sure, Matisse is great, but if you are really interested in color, you should look to Bonnard,’” Glimcher said...
...Though Rothko is traditionally regarded as the inheritor of Matisse for his use of color, Glimcher had the idea of comparing him instead to Pierre Bonnard. He said the idea came when he remembered a conversation about color he had with Rothko. “He said, ‘Sure, Matisse is great, but if you are really interested in color, you should look to Bonnard,’” Glimcher said...
While Mark Rothko ultimately became famous for his luminous abstract paintings of colored fields, his less well-known early realist work—though fundamentally different—shaped and, in hindsight, foreshadowed what was later to come, an evolution clearly visible in the collection of early works curated by Klaus Kertess at the PaceWildenstein Gallery...
...PaceWildenstein Gallery is located at 32 East 57th St., New York City. The Mark Rothko: Realist Years exhibit closes tomorrow...