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- Mark Rothko (IPA: / ˈrɒθkoʊ /, Markus Yakovlevich Rothkowitz until 1940; September 25, 1903 – February 25, 1970), was an Latvian 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.
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Mark Rothko ( IPA: / ˈrɒθkoʊ /, Markus Yakovlevich Rothkowitz until 1940; September 25, 1903 – February 25, 1970), was an Latvian 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.
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Aug 23, 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.
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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.
He painted the world as he experienced it. Today, Rothko is famous for his abstract paintings. But as a young artist, he made works on canvas and paper with recognizable imagery: landscapes, city scenes, bathers, and portraits. Still, these paintings did not perfectly represent reality.
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.
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.
A prominent figure among the New York School painters, Mark Rothko moved through many artistic styles until reaching his signature 1950s motif of soft, rectangular forms floating on a stained field of color. Heavily influenced by mythology and philosophy, he was insistent that his art was filled with content, and brimming with ideas.
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