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American Painter. Born: September 25, 1903 - Dvinsk, Russian Empire. Died: February 25, 1970 - New York, New York. Abstract Expressionism. Surrealism. Color Field Painting. The Sublime in Art. "If you are only moved by color relationships, you are missing the point. I am interested in expressing the big emotions - tragedy, ecstasy, doom." 1 of 14.
One of the preeminent artists of his generation, Mark Rothko is closely identified with the New York school, a circle of painters that emerged during the 1940s as a new collective voice in American art. During a career that spanned five decades, he created a new and impassioned form of abstract painting.
Apr 11, 2024 · Mark Rothko (born September 25, 1903, Dvinsk, Russian Empire [now Daugavpils, Latvia]—died February 25, 1970, Manhattan, New York, U.S.) was an American painter whose works introduced contemplative introspection into the melodramatic post-World War II Abstract Expressionist school.
Apr 2, 2014 · Mark Rothko is best known as one of the central figures of the Abstract Expressionist movement in American art in the 1950s and '60s. Updated: May 14, 2021. Photo: Martin/Getty Images....
Works by Mark Rothko in the National Gallery's Permanent Collection. The National Gallery of Art maintains the largest public collection of art by the American artist Mark Rothko (1903–1970).
Mark Rothko (IPA: ), Markus Yakovlevich Rothkowitz until 1940; September 25, 1903 – February 25, 1970), was an American abstract painter. He is best known for his color field paintings that depicted irregular and painterly rectangular regions of color, which he produced from 1949 to 1970.
Mark Rothko is a key figure in Abstract Expressionism, best known for his large color field paintings like No.61 (Rust and Blue) (1953). Born Markus Rothkowitz in Dvinsk, Russian Empire (now Latvia) in 1903, Rothko and his family immigrated to the United States in 1913.
