Mark Rothko

Mark Rothko (Russian: Марк Ро́тко; born Ма́ркус Я́ковлевич Ротко́вич Marcus Yakovlevich Rothkowitz; September 25, 1903 – February 25, 1970) was a Russian-American Jewish painter. He is classified as an abstract expressionist, although he himself rejected this label, and even resisted classification as an "abstract painter".

Read more about Mark Rothko:  Childhood, Emigration From The Russian Empire To The U.S., Early Career, Maturity, Late Period, Suicide and Aftermath, Legacy, Art Market

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