The Essential Mark Rothko
by Klaus Ottmann
Category: Art

How did a 10-year-old Russian immigrant named Marcus Rothkowitz, who arrived at Ellis Island in 1913 with his mother, become Mark Rothko, one of the greatest American artists of the 20th century? Did you know that: in his youth, he wanted to be an actor, and that the theater remained his first love? he was largely self-taught? he painted figuratively for more than half of his life? he saw even his most abstract and meditative works as dramas? 72 illustrations, including 61 plates in full color