Mark Rothko
25 September 1903 – 25 February 1970
Mark Rothko was a Latvian-born American painter and a leading figure of Abstract Expressionism. He is best known for his mature 'color field' paintings featuring large, luminous rectangles of color intended to evoke deep emotional and spiritual experiences. Though he rejected classification, his work became central to postwar American art before his death by suicide.
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Life events
Markus Rothkowitz was born in Dvinsk in the Russian Empire, present-day Daugavpils, Latvia.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHis family emigrated to the United States and settled in Portland, Oregon.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgRothko studied at Yale on a scholarship but left without a degree.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe helped form a group of expressionist painters exhibiting together in New York.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgRothko arrived at his mature style of stacked, luminous rectangles of color.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe created a series of murals for the Four Seasons restaurant but ultimately refused to install them.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe was commissioned to create a series of paintings for a meditative chapel in Houston, Texas.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgRothko died by suicide in his New York studio.
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