Rothko’s late 1950s period

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Mark Rothko period artistic period phase in an artist’s career

Rothko’s late 1950s period is a mature phase in Mark Rothko’s career marked by somber, large-scale color field paintings that explore depth, mood, and spirituality through dark, hovering rectangular forms.

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Label	Occurrences
Mark Rothko decided not to install the paintings at the Four Seasons Restaurant	1
Rothko’s late 1950s period canonical	1
late works of Mark Rothko	1

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Target entity: Rothko’s late 1950s period
Context triple: [Black on Maroon, artisticPeriod, Rothko’s late 1950s period]

A. Rothko Room (Mark Rothko works)
The Rothko Room is a dedicated gallery space featuring an immersive installation of Mark Rothko’s large-scale abstract paintings, designed to encourage quiet contemplation.
B. Picasso's Rose Period
Picasso's Rose Period is a phase in Pablo Picasso's early career, roughly 1904–1906, characterized by warmer colors and more optimistic, often circus-themed subjects.
C. Light and Space movement
The Light and Space movement is a West Coast art movement that emerged in Southern California in the 1960s, characterized by immersive installations and sculptures that explore perception through light, color, and spatial experience.
D. Neo-Expressionism
Neo-Expressionism is a late 20th-century art movement characterized by a return to intense subjectivity, vivid color, and raw, gestural painting, often featuring figurative imagery and emotional intensity in reaction against conceptual and minimal art.
E. Mark Rothko
Mark Rothko was a Latvian-born American painter and leading figure of Abstract Expressionism, renowned for his large-scale color field paintings that explore profound emotional and spiritual themes.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Rothko’s late 1950s period
Target entity description: Rothko’s late 1950s period is a mature phase in Mark Rothko’s career marked by somber, large-scale color field paintings that explore depth, mood, and spirituality through dark, hovering rectangular forms.

A. Rothko Room (Mark Rothko works)
The Rothko Room is a dedicated gallery space featuring an immersive installation of Mark Rothko’s large-scale abstract paintings, designed to encourage quiet contemplation.
B. Picasso's Rose Period
Picasso's Rose Period is a phase in Pablo Picasso's early career, roughly 1904–1906, characterized by warmer colors and more optimistic, often circus-themed subjects.
C. Light and Space movement
The Light and Space movement is a West Coast art movement that emerged in Southern California in the 1960s, characterized by immersive installations and sculptures that explore perception through light, color, and spatial experience.
D. Neo-Expressionism
Neo-Expressionism is a late 20th-century art movement characterized by a return to intense subjectivity, vivid color, and raw, gestural painting, often featuring figurative imagery and emotional intensity in reaction against conceptual and minimal art.
E. Mark Rothko
Mark Rothko was a Latvian-born American painter and leading figure of Abstract Expressionism, renowned for his large-scale color field paintings that explore profound emotional and spiritual themes.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Mark Rothko period ⓘ artistic period ⓘ phase in an artist’s career ⓘ
aimsAt	direct emotional communication ⓘ transcendent spiritual experience ⓘ
associatedWith	Mark Rothko ⓘ
countryOfActivity	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
follows	Rothko’s early 1950s color field period ⓘ
hasApproximateEndYear	1959 ⓘ
hasApproximateStartYear	1957 ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	dark color palette ⓘ elimination of overt symbolism ⓘ emphasis on depth ⓘ emphasis on inner light ⓘ emphasis on mood ⓘ emphasis on viewer’s emotional response ⓘ focus on vertical formats ⓘ frontally oriented compositions ⓘ hovering rectangular forms ⓘ increasingly darker tonalities ⓘ intimate viewing distance despite large size ⓘ large-scale canvases ⓘ layered thin washes of paint ⓘ mature style ⓘ meditative atmosphere ⓘ monumental scale ⓘ non-representational imagery ⓘ rectangular color zones stacked vertically ⓘ reduced compositional elements ⓘ slow, contemplative viewing experience ⓘ soft transitions between figure and ground ⓘ soft-edged color fields ⓘ somber mood ⓘ spiritual exploration ⓘ subdued contrasts ⓘ subtle tonal variations ⓘ
hasStartTime	late 1950s ⓘ
influenced	contemporary abstract painters ⓘ later Color Field painters ⓘ
influencedBy	European modernism ⓘ Surrealism ⓘ mythic and religious themes ⓘ
mainLocationOfActivity	New York City ⓘ
movement	Abstract Expressionism ⓘ linked to: Abstract expressionism Color Field painting ⓘ
partOf	Mark Rothko’s mature period ⓘ
precedes	Rothko’s early 1960s dark period ⓘ
usesMedium	oil paint on canvas ⓘ

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Black on Maroon → artisticPeriod → Rothko’s late 1950s period ⓘ

Seagram series → partOf → late works of Mark Rothko ⓘ

linked to: Rothko’s late 1950s period

Seagram series → significantEvent → Mark Rothko decided not to install the paintings at the Four Seasons Restaurant ⓘ