Archaic idol mark rothko biography

Mark Rothko ( ROTH-koh; Markus Yakovlevich Rothkowitz until ; September 25,  – February 25, ) was an 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 to Although Rothko did not personally subscribe to any one school, he is associated with the American abstract expressionism movement of modern art.

Born in Daugavpils, Latvia, then part of the Russian Empire, Rothko and his family emigrated to the United States, arriving at Ellis Island in late and originally settling in Portland, Oregon. He moved to New York City in where his youthful period of artistic production dealt primarily with urban scenery.

In response to World War II, Rothko's art entered a transitional phase during the s, where he experimented with mythological themes and Surrealism to express tragedy. Toward the end of the decade, Rothko painted canvases with regions of pure colo