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Indeed, artists, particularly modern artists, have intentionally limited the scope and vocabulary of their expression to convey, as Mark Rothko and Ad Reinhardt do, the most essential, even spiritual, ideas of their art.
Eric Kandel

Meaning of "Rothko" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ROTHKO

Rothko  [ˈrɒθkəʊ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ROTHKO

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WHAT DOES ROTHKO MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Mark Rothko

Mark Rothko was an American painter of Russian Jewish descent. He is generally identified as an Abstract Expressionist, although he himself rejected this label and even resisted classification as an "abstract painter." With Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning, he is one of the most famous postwar American artists.

Definition of Rothko in the English dictionary

The definition of Rothko in the dictionary is Mark. 1903–70, US abstract expressionist painter, born in Russia.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ROTHKO


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coco
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disco
ˈdɪskəʊ
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eco
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Franco
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fresco
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Moscow
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psycho
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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ROTHKO

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Synonyms and antonyms of Rothko in the English dictionary of synonyms

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罗斯科
1,325 millions of speakers

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Rothko
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Rothko
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Rothko
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روثكو
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Ротко
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Rothko
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Rothko
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Rothko
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Rothko
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Rothko
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ロスコ
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로스코
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Rothko
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Rothko
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ரோத்கவின்
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रोथको
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Rothko
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Rothko
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Rothko
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Ротко
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Rothko
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Rothko
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Rothko
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Rothko
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Rothko
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Rothko

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2 QUOTES WITH «ROTHKO»

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Eric Kandel
Indeed, artists, particularly modern artists, have intentionally limited the scope and vocabulary of their expression to convey, as Mark Rothko and Ad Reinhardt do, the most essential, even spiritual, ideas of their art.
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Dasha Zhukova
I have always dreamed of bringing an exhibit of Mark Rothko to Moscow.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ROTHKO»

Discover the use of Rothko in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Rothko and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Mark Rothko: A Biography
Describes the life and work of the Abstract Expressionist painter, who immigrated to the United States as a ten-year-old and always considered himself an outsider, and discusses his uneven relationship with the art world
James E. B. Breslin, 2012
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Seeing Rothko
This volume explores the profound and varied responses elicited by Russian-born American painter Mark Rothko's (1903-1970) most compelling creations.
Glenn Phillips, Thomas E. Crow, 2005
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About Rothko
The best full-scale biography of this intellectually restless, deeply committed artist.
Dore Ashton, 2003
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The Rothko book
Mark Rothko was one of the greatest painters of the twentieth century. The Rothko Book explores his artistic development, the evolution of his artistic philosophy and the importance of his relationships with other artists of his generation.
Bonnie Clearwater, 2006
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Writings on Art
This provocative compilation of both published and unpublished writings from 1934--69 reveals a number of things about Rothko: the importance of writing for an artist who many believed had renounced the written word; the meaning of ...
Mark Rothko, Miguel López-Remiro, 2006
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The Artist's Reality: Philosophies of Art
This recently discovered manuscript by the celebrated artist Mark Rothko offers a landmark discussion of his views on topics ranging from the Renaissance to contemporary art, criticism, and the role of art and artists in society.
Mark Rothko, Christopher Rothko, 2006
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Mark Rothko: Subjects in Abstraction
In the first vigorous and sustained visual analysis of the work of a New York School painter, Anna C. Chave closely examines the structure of Rothko’s paintings, while arguing convincingly that they implement traces of certain basic, ...
Anna C. Chave, 1989
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The Legacy of Mark Rothko
At the time of Mark Rothko's apparent suicide in 1970, the deeply troubled, pioneering artist of Abstract Expressionism was at the height of fame and financial success; yet within months of the funeral, his three trusted friends, acting as ...
Lee Seldes, 1996
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Fear of Music: Why People Get Rothko But Don't Get Stockhausen
This book examines the parallel histories of modern art and modern music and examines why one is embraced and understood and the other ignored, derided or regarded with bewilderment, as noisy, random nonsense perpetrated by, and listened to ...
David Stubbs, 2009
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Rothko. Ediz. Inglese
After Rothko's art was declared to be a good investment by no less a financial authority than Fortune magazine, the relationship between Rothko and his uncompromising colleagues Still and Newman only worsened further in the mid- 19505.
Jacob Baal-Teshuva, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ROTHKO»

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Rothko's No. 10 leads Christie's $659 mln contemporary art sale
Mark Rothko's muted-hued canvas 'No. 10' soared to $81.9 million on Wednesday, leading Christie's marathon sale of post-war and contemporary art, which ... «Daily Mail, May 15»
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Mellon's Rothko Painting Sells for $46.5 Million at Sotheby's
An eight-foot-tall yellow and blue Mark Rothko painting sold for $46.5 million at Sotheby's in New York. Source: Sotheby's via Bloomberg. Don't Miss Out ... «Bloomberg, May 15»
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ArtsBeat | Sotheby's Offering a Rothko Once Owned by Bunny Mellon
A Mark Rothko painting that was once owned by Rachel Lambert Mellon — better known as Bunny — will soon be up for auction at Sotheby's. “Untitled (Yellow ... «New York Times, Apr 15»
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Two Rothko paintings fetch $75 million at NYC auction
NEW YORK (AP) — Two Mark Rothko paintings have fetched more than $76 million at a New York auction of post-war and contemporary art. The paintings were ... «USA TODAY, Nov 14»
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Rothko and Warhol Among Works from the Schlumberger Collection …
The auction house's combined estimate for works from the collection by Mark Rothko, Ad Reinhardt, Adolph Gottlieb, Andy Warhol, Salvador Dali, and Pablo ... «New York Observer, Oct 14»
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2 Rothko paintings among Mellon auction items
NEW YORK (AP) — Two Mark Rothko paintings are among the objects that will be auctioned in the fall from the estate of Rachel "Bunny" Mellon, a noted ... «USA TODAY, Sep 14»
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After Decades In Storage, Damaged Rothko Murals Get High-Tech …
Paintings by postwar abstract artist Mark Rothko are highly coveted — in May one of his works sold at auction in London for $50 million. But oddly enough ... «NPR, Jul 14»
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Sotheby's London Hits High Notes with £93 Million Sale
But today's sale of his 2010 painting The Fake Rothko for £1,426,000 ($2,428,140) against a high estimate of £350,000 ($595,966) places him in a different ... «artnet News, Jun 14»
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Vandalised Rothko painting rehung in London after pioneering …
A Mark Rothko painting vandalized at London's Tate Modern gallery 18 months ago went back on public view on Tuesday after the first-ever effort to strip graffiti ... «Reuters, May 14»
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Harvard's Famously Damaged Rothko Paintings 'Restored' With Light
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Five monumental paintings by Mark Rothko that have become the stuff of art world legend — and art world nightmares — are being revived. «WBUR, May 14»

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