Mark rothko bio
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Mark Rothko
Abstract painter (–)
"Rothko" redirects here. For other uses, see Rothko (disambiguation).
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Mark Rothko, Yorktown Heights, c.&#; Brooklyn Museum, by Consuelo Kanaga. | |
| Born | Markus Yakovlevich Rothkowitz ()September 25, Dvinsk, Russian Empire |
| Died | February 25, () (aged&#;66) New York City, U.S. |
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| Alma&#;mater | Yale University |
| Known&#;for | Painting |
| Movement | Abstract expressionism, color field |
| Spouse(s) | Edith Sachar (–) Mary Alice "Mell" Beistle (–) |
| Children | Kate Rothko Prizel (b. Kathy Lynn Rothko, )[1] and Christopher Rothko (b. )[1] |
| Patron(s) | Peggy Guggenheim, John de Menil, Dominique de Menil |
Mark Rothko (ROTH-koh; Markus Yakovlevich Rothkowitz until ; September 25, &#;&#; February 25, ) was a Latvian Americanabstract painter. He is best known for his color field paintings that depicted irregular and
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Biography
The youngest of four children, Mark Rothko was born in Dvinsk, Russia on September 25, to Jacob and Anna Goldin Rothkowitz. In , his father, a pharmacist, emigrated alone to Portland, Oregon and worked for his brother, Samuel Weinstein, in the clothing business. After Jacob had established himself, he sent for his two older sons, Albert and Moise, in , and for the rest of the family, his wife, his son Marcus, and his daughter, Sonia, in Seven months later, Jacob died and the children went to work to help support the family; Marcus, who was commonly known as Marc, delivered groceries and sold newspapers after school.
A precocious student in high school, he completed his studies in three years, excelled in many subjects, and expressed a love for music and literature in particular. One of his Yale classmates also from Portland, Max Naimark, recalled that Rothko sketched a good deal in college but noted that he had many other interests as well. It was not until he moved t
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Synopsis
Mark Rothko was born in Russia and immigrated to the United States with his family in his youth. In the midth century, he belonged to a circle of New York-based artists (also including Willem de Kooning and Jackson Pollock) who became known as the Abstract Expressionists. His signature works, large-scale paintings of luminous colored rectangles, used simplified means to evoke emotional responses. Rothko committed suicide on February 25,
Early Life and Education
Mark Rothko was born Marcus Rothkowitz in Dvinsk, Russia (now Daugavpils, Latvia), on September 25, He was the fourth child of Jacob Rothkowitz, a pharmacist by trade, and Anna (née Goldin) Rothkowitz. The family immigrated to the United States when Rothko was 10 years old, resettling in Portland, Oregon.
Rothko excelled at academics and graduated from Portland's Lincoln High School in He attended Yale University, studying both the liberal arts and the sciences until he left without graduati