“The Latvian painter has a special love for diffused outdoor light which seems to penetrate the bodies and emanate from them," a light that reappears within, and from behind, Rothko's paintings, an illumination glimpsed through a hazy doorway or window, a light longed for but beyond reach.” ArtLightPaintingArtisticAbstract ExpressionismLatvia Book:Mark Rothko: A Biography Source: Mark Rothko: A Biography