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The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

MARK ROTHKO: A RETROSPECTIVE

Sunday, Sep. 20, 2015 – Sunday, Jan. 24, 2016

Mark Rothko, Untitled, 1951, oil on canvas, National Gallery of Art, Washington, gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc. © 1998 by Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, is the sole U.S. venue to present Mark Rothko: A Retrospective, a definitive retrospective that draws upon the unrivaled holdings of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.

Long recognized as among the foremost figures of the Abstract Expressionist vanguard, Mark Rothko (1903–1970) embraced the possibility of beauty in pure abstraction with a painterly eloquence that gave a new voice to American art.

Across a career spanning the most troubled years of the 20th century, Rothko explored the tragic and the sublime, and his canvases remain a testament to the deep humanism he brought to modern painting. More than 60 paintings will trace the artist’s full career arc and highlight milestones in the development of his signature style.

Image: Mark Rothko, Untitled, 1951, oil on canvas, National Gallery of Art, Washington, gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc. © 1998 by Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko

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