Mark Rothko

Mark Rothko: Born: Marcus Rothkowitz on September 25, 1903, Dvinsk, Russia.

Left Russia in 1913 to live in Portland, Oregon.

He attended Yale University, New Haven.

Later, he studied under Max Weber at the Art Students League.

His first solo exhibition was at the Contemporary Arts Gallery(New York) in 1933.

taught at the California School of Fine Arts, San Francisco.