Do you know who Markus Yakovlevich Rotkovich is?

That was my second guess.

My first was that he played left wing for the New York Islanders hockey team....;-D...

Those dumb color field paintings? What a scam artist.

No I don't.

Color field emerged from abstract expressionism. What is better than throwing paint on canvas with a stick, like Pollack did?

Answer: Rothko at least spread the paint evenly across the canvass without any breaks on the surface of the plane.

Incidentally, I love both.

I didn't remember his name but I've seen his work.  I like it.