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  • n  United States abstract painter (born in Russia) whose paintings are characterized by horizontal bands of color with indistinct boundaries (1903-1970)
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  • Alex Ross in Dallas Morning News
    Why are modern painters so famous, so iconic,Ross asks, "from Picasso and Matisse to Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko, that their paintings appear on coffee mugs and place mats, whereas modern composers still have this difficult reputation?...
  • Mira Nair in St. Paul Asian American Press
    I long to see my own people through my camera, one that will move fluidly between New York and Calcutta,states Nair in the production notes. "I wanted to film a dusky Bengali beauty against a Mark Rothko painting in a stark Manhattan...

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