The de Menils commissioned this man's chapel in Houston, and he reneged on an agreement to display his paintings at the Seagram building.
This man claimed "the shapes in the pictures are the performers" in his article "The Romantics Were Prompted"; that philosophy was exemplified in the arcing filaments of Rituals and Gyrations on Four Planes, as well as the arabesques of Slow Swirl and The Rites of Lilith. Turqoise and carnelian-orange Egyptian falcon pendents inspired Hierarchical Birds, typifying the mythological bent of Tiresias and a depiction of Iphigenia with a tumbling black disk for a head. The de Menils commissioned this man's chapel in Houston, and he reneged on an agreement to display his paintings at the Seagram building. For 10 points, name this abstract expressionist of works like Magenta, Black, and Green on Orange.
This man claimed "the shapes in the pictures are the performers" in his article "The Romantics Were Prompted"; that philosophy was exemplified in the arcing filaments of Rituals and Gyrations on Four Planes, as well as the arabesques of Slow Swirl and The Rites of Lilith.
Mark {Rothko} [accept {Mark Rothkowitz}]