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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nMark Rothko was born Marcus Rothkowitz in Dvinsk, Russia (today Daugavpils, Latvia), on September 25, 1903. Rothko and his family immigrated to the United States when he was 10 years old, and settled in Portland where he attended Shattuck Grade School and Lincoln High School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rothko attended Yale University in 1921 with an initial intention to become an engineer or attorney. After giving up his studies in 1923, he moved to New York City where he attended classes at the Art Students League. Rothko was given his first solo exhibition in 1933 here at the Portland Art Museum, followed a few months later by an exhibition at the Contemporary Arts Gallery in New York. His early work in landscapes, and later abstract compositions and watercolors, developed into his now-signature style\u2014multi-layered oil paintings with vertically aligned rectangular forms set within a colored field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Physically ill and suffering from depression, Rothko took his own life on February 25, 1970. At the time of his death, he was widely recognized in Europe and America for his central role in the development of nonrepresentational art. Through his sustained commitment to this artistic vision, Rothko worked tirelessly to create paintings that could transport the viewers\u2019 imaginations and transform their perspectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOur family is thrilled to enter into this partnership with the Museum. Portland played a formative role in my father\u2019s youth, and we are eager to share these works with the public and give Rothko a more active role in the vibrant cultural life of this city,\u201d said Christopher Rothko, the artist\u2019s son. \u201cOur hope is that visitors will take the time to pause and engage with each of these paintings, and to participate in the process of \u2018slow-looking\u2019 that the Museum has championed.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
At the center of the Museum\u2019s expansion and renovation project is the stunning three-story Mark Rothko Pavilion. The pavilion is named in recognition of painter Mark Rothko\u2019s legacy in Portland\u2014his […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":6868,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_tec_requires_first_save":true,"pam_header_media":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","transcript_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_tribe_blocks_recurrence_rules":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_description":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_exclusions":"","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[92],"tags":[],"pam_internal_theme":[185],"class_list":["post-6867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-transformation","pam_internal_theme-pam"],"yoast_head":"\n