Rothko 2014 Wall Calendar: Rothko Wall Calendar: Mark Rothko (1903 – 1970), a titan among modern painters, said that the subject matter of his paintings was the extremes of human emotion. His extraordinary achievement was the communication of tragedy and elation through forms reduced to starkest simplicity—oftentimes a pair of rectangles. These 12 paintings are from the National Gallery of Art, Washington. EAN: 9780764964275