Mark Rothko (American, 1903 - 1970)

Mark Rothko

American | 1903 - 1970

Mark Rothko was an American Postwar & Contemporary painter who was born in 1903. His work is currently being shown at multiple venues like Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin. Numerous key galleries and museums such as National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. have featured Mark Rothko's work in the past.Mark Rothko's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 20 USD to 86,882,500 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 86,882,500 USD for Orange, Red, Yellow, sold at Christie's New York in 2012. Mark Rothko has been featured in articles for ArtDependence Magazine, Daily Art Magazine and Korea Herald. The most recent article is What’s Behind Our Emotional Reactions to Art? written for Hyperallergic in April 2024. The artist died in 1970.

Artist's alternative names: Mark Rothkowitz

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What’s Behind Our Emotional Reactions to Art?
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Daily Art Magazine 04/01/2024

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..These three paintings, all dating from 1962, will showcase the intensity of Rothko's exploration of color...

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Saint Louis Art Museum

..Rothko's later work showed an increasing interest in darker, more solemn tones, perhaps reflecting his intimations of his own mortality...

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Saint Louis Art Museum

..Enveloped by the large-scale paintings in an intimate setting, viewers can experience Rothko’s work as the artist had originally intended...

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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

..A comparable opportunity to see Rothko’s oeuvre in this concentration and quality will not arise in Europe for a long time to come...

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Hamburger Kunsthalle

..After his early interest in Surrealism, Rothko completely turned towards abstraction around 1946...

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Hamburger Kunsthalle

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