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Mark Rothko
1903 – 1970
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryMark Rothko was a Latvian-born 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. Although Rothko did not personally subscribe to any one school, he is associated with the American abstract expressionism movement of modern art.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
September 25, 1903
Daugavpils
Date of death
February 25, 1970
New York City
Citizenship
United States · Russian Empire · Latvia
Occupations & fields
painteruniversity teacherdraftspersonartist
Notable works
Orange, Red, YellowOrange and YellowNo. 10Rothko ChapelNo. 1No. 2
- Field and occupation
- americký malíř
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