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February 25, 1970 (66 years old)
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Libra
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Mark Rothko
Mark Rothko, born Markus Yakovlevich Rothkowitz, is a Latvian Judeo-American abstract painter. He is best known for his color field paintings depicting rectangular and irregularly colored areas with pictures, which he created between 1949 and 1970. Rothko personally did not enroll in any of the schools. Come on; however, it is associated with the American Abstractist Modern Art movement. Initially emigrating to Portland, Oregon from Russia with his family, Rothko then moved to New York City, where his early days of art production focused primarily on the cityscape. In response to World War II, Rothko's art entered a period of transition throughout the 1940s, where he experimented with themes of mythology and surrealism to portray tragedy. Toward the end of the decade, Rothko painted oil paintings with pure areas of color that he later abstracted into rectangular colored cubes, an idiom he would use for the rest of his life. mine.
BornMarkus Yakovlevich Rothkowitz, September 25, 1903, Daugavpils, Russian Empire, (now Latvia)
DiedFebruary 25, 1970, New York City, New York, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
EducationLincoln High School, Portland, Oregon
Alma materYale University
Known forPainting
MovementAbstract expressionism, Color Field
Spouse(s)Edith Sachar (1932–1943), Mary Alice "Mell" Beistle (1944–1970)

About Mark Rothko

Painter Mark Rothko was born in Russia on September 25, 1903. He dies at the age of 66, on February 25, 1970.

A Latvian-born American artist associated with Abstract Expressionism and Color Field Painting, best known for 'Four Darks in Red.' He is regarded as one of the most well-known post-World War II artists in the United States, alongside Painter Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning.

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Mark Rothko before becoming famous

Mark Rothko was born in the Zodiac sign Libra (The Scales), and 1903 is also the year of Rabbit (兔) in the Chinese Zodiac.

He began working in New York's garment district in 1923. He was inspired to pursue art after watching students from the Art Students League of New York draw a model.

Achievement of Mark Rothko

Two of his late-period pieces were"No. 3/No. 13 (Magenta, Black, Green on Orange)" at the Museum of Modern Art and"No. 61 (Rust and Blue)" at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.

Mark Rothko's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

When he was ten years old, he immigrated to the United States from Latvia, and he later won a scholarship to Yale University. He was married to Edith Sachar from 1932 to 1943, then to Mary Alice Beistle from 1945 until 1969. He was the father of a girl named Kate and a boy named Christopher.

Mark Rothko Collabed with

Philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, a German philosopher, had a significant impact on him.

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900) (Philosopher)
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900)

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Mark Rothko Income & Net worth

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Latest information about Mark Rothko updated on March 18 2023.