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Mark Rothko Biography
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1903 |
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Born Marcus Rothkowitz on September 25, in Dvinsk, Russia
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1921 - 1923 |
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Moved to the United States and attended Yale University, New Haven, on a scholarship
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1923 |
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Moved to New York and studied briefly at the Art Students League
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1936 - 1937 |
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Created paintings for the WPA Federal Art Project from 1936 to 1937
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1948 |
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Founded the short-lived Subjects of the Artist school in New York with William Baziotes, David Hare, and Robert Motherwell
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1947 - 1949 |
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Taught at the California School of Fine Arts, San Francisco
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1970 |
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Took his own life February 25, in his New York studio
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2008 - 2009
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Sept. 26 - Feb. 1, "ROTHKO", Tate Modern, London
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2003 - 2007
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Oct. 12 - Aug. 12, "Mark Rothko, The Mural Projects", National Gallery of Art, US
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1987
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Tate Gallery, London (solo)
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1984
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National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (toured the United States, 1984-86) (solo)
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1981
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Pace Gallery, New York (solo)
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1978
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Guggenheim Museum, New York (solo)
Pace Gallery, New York (solo)
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1977
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Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, Mantua, Italy (solo)
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1975
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Cleveland Museum of Art (with Milton Avery and Jon Schueler)
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1974
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Newport Harbour Art Museum, Newport Beach, California (solo)
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1972
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Hayward Gallery, London (solo)
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1971
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Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn (solo)
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1970
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Museum of Modern Art, New York (solo)
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1965
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Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rome (solo)
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1963
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Guggenheim Museum, New York (solo)
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1961
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Solo exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, New York
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1958
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Sidney Janis Gallery, New York (solo)
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1957
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Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston (solo)
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1954
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Art Institute of Chicago (travelled to the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence) (solo)
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1951
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Betty Parsons Gallery, New York (solo)
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1946
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Mortimer Brandt Gallery, New York (solo)
San Francisco Museum of Art (travelled to the Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California) (solo)
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1945
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Peggy Guggenheim gave Rothko a solo show at Art of This Century in New York
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1940
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(solo) Neumann-Willard Gallery, New York (with Marcel Gromaire and Joseph Solman)
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1933
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First solo show took place at the Portland Art Museum
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1933
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First solo exhibition in New York at the Conemporary Arts Gallery
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1928
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First group exhibition at the Opportunity Galleries, New York
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| Links to further information |
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