Biografie von Mark ROTHKO (1903-1970)
Personal data
Birth : 09/25/1903 - Dvinsk, Latvia
Death : 02/25/1970 - New York NY New York, United States
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : Latvia - United States
Representatives
Scott White Contemporary Art – 7661 Girard Avenue – La Jolla CA, United States
Steven Vail Galleries – Suite 1803 666 Walnut Avenue – Des Moines IA, United States
Education
Yale University – 149 Elm Street – New Haven CT, United States
Pupil of / student of George Brandt BRIDGMAN [ 1864-1943 ]
1925 – 1926 : The Art Students League of New York – 215 West 57th Street – New York NY, United States
Pupil of / student of Max WEBER [ 1881-1961 ]
Professional data
Work and Life
1948:One of the Founders of the School " Subjects of the Artists", USA
1920s:Founder with Adolph Goettlieb of the group of expressionnist artists “The Ten”, USA
1913:Moves to Portland OR, USA
Other professions
Professor
Center Academy – Brooklyn, New York NY, United States
Professor
California School of Fine Arts – Stanford CA, United States
Writer
Work
Categorie and medium
Painting : Acrylic - Oil
Drawing-Watercolor : Gouache - Ink - Tempera, drawing - Watercolour
Subject
colorwomen
interior
mythology
nude
Movements and styles
AbstractionAbstract Expressionism
American Abstraction 1910-1960
American Modernists
New York School
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2004
Salle Rothko
Fondation Beyeler – Riehen BL, Switzerland
11/06/2004 – 05/30/2005
A Painter’s Progress
Pacewildenstein – New York NY, United States
01/23/2004
2003
A centennial Celebration
Fondation Beyeler – Riehen BL, Switzerland
09/26/2003 – 04/12/2004
1987
Retrospective
Tate Gallery – London, United Kingdom
1987
1978
Retrospective
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum – New York NY, United States
1978
1972
Rétrospective
MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou – New York NY, United States
1972
1961
MoMA Museum of Modern Art – New York NY, United States
1961
Stedelijk Museum – Amsterdam, Netherlands
1961
1960
The Phillips Collection – Washington DC, United States
1960
1957
CAMH Contemporary Arts Museum Houston – Houston TX, United States
1957
1954
The Art Institute of Chicago – Chicago IL, United States
1954
1933
Portland Art Museum – Portland OR, United States
1933
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2007
FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain
Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais – Paris, France
10/18/2007 – 10/22/2007
Represented by : Max Lang – 229 Tenth Avenue – New York NY, United States
2004
Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Acquavella Galleries Inc. – 18 Esat 79th Street – New York NY, United States
2003
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Richard Gray Gallery – Suite 2503 875 North Michigan Avenue – Chicago IL, United States
Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Acquavella Galleries Inc. – 18 Esat 79th Street – New York NY, United States
Art Chicago 2003
Navy Pier’s Festival Hall – Chicago IL, United States
05/09/2003 – 05/12/2003
Represented by : Edward Tyler Nahem Fine Art – 56 East 66th Street – New York NY, United States
2002
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/05/2002 – 12/08/2002
Represented by : Galerie Beyeler – Bäumleingasse 9 – Basel BS, Switzerland
Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : C & M Arts – 45 East 78th Street – New York NY, United States
2001
Art Basel Miami Beach: cancelled
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/13/2001 – 12/16/2001
Represented by : Galerie Beyeler – Bäumleingasse 9 – Basel BS, Switzerland
Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : C & M Arts – 45 East 78th Street – New York NY, United States
Artpalmbeach – 4th Modern & Contemporary Art Fair
International Pavilion of the Palm Beaches – West Palm Beach FL, United States
01/10/2001 – 01/15/2001
Represented by : Richard Gray Gallery – Suite 2503 875 North Michigan Avenue – Chicago IL, United States
1998
ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo, n°17
Parque Ferial Juan Carlos I – Madrid, Spain
1998
Represented by : Galería Elvira González – General Castanos, 3 – Madrid, Spain
1990
ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo
Madrid, Spain
02/08/1990 – 02/13/1990
Represented by : Galería Theo – Marqués de la Ensenada 2 – Madrid, Spain
Group exhibitions
2002
Claude Monet … bis zum digitalen Impressionismus
Fondation Beyeler – Riehen BL, Switzerland
03/28/2002 – 08/18/2002
1968
L’art du réel 1948-1968
Centre International d’Art Contemporain – Paris, France
1968
1959
The New American Painting: As shown in eight european countries
MoMA Museum of Modern Art – New York NY, United States
1959
Documenta II – Kunst nach 1945
Museum Fridericianum, Orangerie, Schloss Bellevue – Kassel, Germany
07/11/1959 – 10/11/1959
1958
29° Biennale di Venezia
Venice VE, Italy
1958
1955
Cinquante ans d’art aux États-Unis
MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou – Paris, France
1955
1951
Bienal Internacional de São Paulo
São Paulo, Brazil
1951
Abstract Painting and Sculpture in America
MoMA Museum of Modern Art – New York NY, United States
01/23/1951 – 03/25/1951
1948
24° Biennale di Venezia
Venice VE, Italy
1948
1945
Art of This Century
Peggy Guggenheim Gallery – New York NY, United States
1945
Bibliography (Selected)
On the artist
Dictionaries
1999
Who Was Who in American Art 1564-1975 – 400 years of Artists in America
Publisher: Sound View Press – 859 Boston Post Rd. – Madison CT, United States
Director of publication: Falk Peter – 859 Boston Post Rd. – Madison CT, United States
1999
ISBN : 0932087558