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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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1961
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Solo exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, New York
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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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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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