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. Although Rothko did not personally …

Mark Rothko was born Marcus Rothkowitz in Dvinsk, Russia, on September 25, 1903. His parents were Jacob and Anna Goldin Rothkowitz, and Rothko was raised in a well-educated family …

Mark Rothko (1903-1970) belongs to the generation of American artists who completely revolutionized the essence and design of abstract painting.

Mark Rothko painted soft, rectangular forms floating in saturated color that made him a leader of New York Abstract Expressionism.

Like his fellow New York School painters Barnett Newman and Clyfford Still, Rothko painted to plumb the depths of himself and the human condition. For him, art was a profound form of …

Aug 19, 2025 · Mark Rothko stands as one of the most profound and enigmatic figures in twentieth-century art, a painter whose seemingly simple canvases conceal depths of …

Mark Rothko is a key figure in Abstract Expressionism, best known for his large color field paintings like No.61 (Rust and Blue) (1953). Born Markus Rothkowitz in Dvinsk, Russian …

Dec 13, 2025 · Mark Rothko was a painter whose works introduced contemplative introspection into the melodramatic post-World War II Abstract Expressionist school. His use of color as the …

Sep 29, 2023 · Mark Rothko’s art is among the most recognizable of the 20th century. Our exhibition Mark Rothko: Paintings on Paper is open from November 19, 2023, to March 31, …

Mark Rothko was born Marcus Rothkowitz in Dvinsk, Russia (now Daugavpils, Latvia), on September 25, 1903, and immigrated to the United States with his family in his youth.