Mark Rothko
Painting, Visual Artist
1903 – 1970
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Who was Mark Rothko?
Mark Rothko was an American painter of Russian Jewish descent. He is generally identified as an Abstract Expressionist. With Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning, he is one of the most famous postwar American artists.
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- Born
- Sep 25, 1903
Daugavpils - Also known as
- Marcus Rothkowitz
- Marcus Yakovlevich Rothkowitz
- Parents
- Spouses
- Edith Sachar
(1932 - 1943/06) - Mary Alice Beistle
(1945/03/31 - 1969/01/01)
- Edith Sachar
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Lincoln High School
( - 1921/06) - Yale University
- Lincoln High School
- Employment
- Federal Art Project
- Lived in
- Livonia
- Portland
- Latvia
- Died
- Feb 25, 1970
New York City
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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