Black on Maroon

"Black on Maroon" is a painting by Mark Rothko, an American artist born in Russia who was a key figure in the Abstract Expressionist movement. Rothko's work is characterized by large canvases featuring flat expanses of color, which helped define the Color Field Painting style.

His paintings often use two or three soft-edged rectangles of color that appear to float on the canvas. Rothko stated that his art aimed to express basic human emotions like tragedy and ecstasy, rather than simply explore color relationships. The painting "Black on Maroon" is part of his later series, which utilized deeper, more somber colors such as maroons and blacks.12