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Mark Rothko (Latvian: Markus Rotkovičs, Russian: Марк
Ро́тко; born Ротко́вич; Marcus Yakovlevich Rothkowitz;
September 25, 1903 – February 25, 1970) was an American painter of Russian
Jewish descent. He is generally identified as an Abstract Expressionist,
although he himself rejected this label and even resisted classification as an
"abstract painter." With Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning, he is
one of the most famous postwar American artists.
Mark Rothko was born in Dvinsk, Vitebsk Governorate, in the
Russian Empire (today Daugavpils in Latvia ). His
father, Jacob (Yakov) Rothkowitz, was a pharmacist and an intellectual who
initially provided his children with a secular and political, rather than
religious, upbringing. In an environment where Jews were often blamed for many
of the evils that befell Russia ,
Rothko's early childhood was plagued by fear.
Despite Jacob Rothkowitz's modest income, Rothko received a scholarship to Yale. At the end of his freshman year, the scholarship was not renewed, and he worked as a waiter and delivery boy to support his studies. He found the Yale community to be elitist and racist. Rothko and a friend, Aaron Director, started a satirical magazine The Yale Saturday Evening Pest, which lampooned the school's stuffy, bourgeois tone. In any event, Rothko's nature was always more that of the self-taught man than the diligent pupil. "One of his fellow students remembers that he hardly the family was
highly educated ("We were a reading family," Rothko's sister recalled,
and Rothko was able to speak Russian, Yiddish, and Hebrew. Following his
father's return to the Orthodox Judaism of his own youth, Rothko, the youngest
of four siblings, was sent to the cheder at the age of five, where he studied
the Talmud, although his elder siblings had been educated in the public school
system.
Fearing that his sons were about to be drafted into the
Imperial Russian Army, Jacob Rothkowitz emigrated from Russia to the United States . Marcus remained in Russia with his
mother and elder sister Sonia. Later, they joined Jacob and the elder brothers
in Portland , Oregon ,
arriving at Ellis Island in the winter of
1913. Jacob's death a few months later left the family without economic
support. Sonia operated a cash register, while Marcus worked in one of his
uncle's warehouses, selling newspapers to employees. Marcus started school in the United
States in 1913, quickly accelerating from third to fifth
grade, and completed the secondary level with honors at Lincoln
High School in Portland , in June 1921 at the age of
seventeen. He learned his fourth language, English, and became an active member
of the Jewish community center, where he proved adept at political discussions.
Like his father, Rothko was passionate about such issues as workers’ rights and
women's right to contraception. He heard activist Emma Goldman speak on one of
her West Coast lecture tours.
Rothko received a scholarship to Yale. At the end of his
freshman year, the scholarship was not renewed, and he worked as a waiter and
delivery boy to support his studies. He found the Yale community to be elitist
and racist. Rothko and a friend, Aaron Director, started a satirical magazine
The Yale Saturday Evening Pest, which lampooned the school's stuffy, bourgeois
tone. In any event, Rothko's nature was always more that of the self-taught man
than the diligent pupil. "One of his fellow students remembers that he
hardly seemed to study, but that he was a voracious reader." At the end of
his sophomore year, Rothko dropped out and did not return until he was awarded
an honorary degree forty-six years later.
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Abstract Art Pictures Pintings of Nature Abstract on Canvas for Kids Scenes Love Beauty and Environment Wallpapers Easy Scenery
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