Mark Rothko (September 25, 1903 – February 25, 1970), born Marcus Yakovlevich Rothkowitz, was a Russian-American painter. Though he never accepted the label, he is regarded as an abstract expressionist. He even refused to be classified as an abstract painter. Learn more »
Paintings by Mark Rothko in Chronological Order
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| Untitled, 1940 | Aubade, 1944 | Slow Swirl at the Edge of the Sea, 1944 |
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| Untitled, 1944 | Archaic Idol, 1945 | Untitled, 1945 |
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| Untitled, 1947 | Untitled (14B), 1947 | Yellow, Cherry, Orange, 1947 |
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| Multiform, 1948 | No.1 (Untitled), 1948 | No.24, 1949 |
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| Violet, Black, Orange, Yellow on White and Red, 1949 | No.10, 1950 | No.5/No.22, 1950 |
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| No.18, 1951 | No.8, 1952 | Untitled, 1952 |
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| Green and Maroon, 1953 | No.61 (Rust and Blue), 1953 | No.9 (Dark over Light Earth), 1954 |
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| Ochre and Red on Red, 1954 | Earth & Green, 1955 | Red and Orange, 1955 |
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| Green and Tangerine on Red, 1956 | No.20, 1957 | Ochre and Red on Red, 1957 |
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| Purple Brown, 1957 | Red and Brown, 1957 | Black on Maroon, 1958 |
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| Lavender and Mulberry, 1959 | No.301, 1959 | Red on Maroon, 1959 |
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| Untitled Mural for End Wall, 1959 | Black on Dark Sienna on Purple, 1960 | Blue, Orange, Red, 1961 |
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| Untitled, 1961 | Ochre and Red on Red, 1968 | Untitled, 1968 |
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| Untitled, 1968 | Untitled, 1969 | Untitled (brown and gray), 1969 |
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| Untitled (Black and Gray), 1970 | Blue and gray
| Cat newyork | |
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Cubierta
| Entance to Subway
| Hierarchical Birds | |
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Interior
| No.1
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No.19
| No.2
| No.21 | |
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No.46
| No.3/No.13
| No.5/No.24 | |
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Orange and yellow
| Primeval Landscape
| Red | |
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Red, White, and Brown
| Rites of Lilith
| Rural Scene | |
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No.9
| Sacrifice of iphigenia
| Self-Portrait | |
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Slow vortex at the edge of the sea
| Street Scene
| Tentacles of Memory | |
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Terret green color
| Underground Fantasy
| Untitled | |
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Untitled
| Untitled
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Untitled
| Untitled
| Untitled | |
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Untitled
| Untitled
| Untitled | |
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Yellow band
| White center
| White on red | |