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Mark Rothko
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Mark Rothko (1903-1970) was an American painter, born in Russia, an Abstract Expressionist and a pioneer of Colour Field painting (abstract, dominated by areas of unmodulated, strong colour).

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Rothko produced a number of series of paintings in the 1950s and 1960s, including one at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; one for the Tate Gallery, London; and his own favourite 1967-1969 for a chapel in Houston, Texas.

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Tags: expressionist, pioneer, abstract

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