Mark Rothko
American painter
Mark Rothko, born Markus Yakovlevich Rothkowitz, 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. Wikipedia
Born: September 25, 1903, Daugavpils, Latvia
Died: February 25, 1970 (age 66 years), New York, NY
Periods: Abstract expressionism, Modern art, and Color field
Spouse: Mary Alice Beistle (m. 1945–1970) and Edith Sachar (m. 1932–1943)
Children: Christopher Rothko and Kate Rothko
Parents: Jacob Rothkowitz and Kate Goldin Rothkowitz
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Mark Rothko born Markus Yakovlevich Rothkowitz was a Latvian-born American abstract painter. He is best known for his color field paintings that depicted ...
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