Art History "Subway Scene" By Mark Rothko "Subway Scene" 1938, by Mark Rothko, depicts the inside of a subway station. At the front of the painting are two pillars, behind them is a staircase used by two faceless characters, decending into the underground. The staircase is surrounded by a cage-like grid. Behind the staircase are another two pillars next to a gate similar to the one around the staircase. On the left side of the gate is a wall where half a door is visible. Just behind the gate are two swing-doors and a booth with a man...
seems alot darker in contrast, isolated and not so clear.

Mark Rothko appears to have painted this picture as an observer. Which is probably how the artist would like people to view his painting. From this perspective we can see some of the action taking place in a subway station, as if we too were observers present on the scene. From looking at the vanishing point, which seems to be high up next to a pillar on the left side of the painting, it is possible to see how Mark Rothko forged the characters and objects in this artwork.