Mark Rothko (), born Markus Yakovlevich Rothkowitz (Russian: ??´???? ?´???????? ?????´???, Latvian: Markuss Rotkovics; September 25, 1903 – February 25, 1970), was an American painter of Jewish Litvak descent.
Although Rothko himself refused to adhere to any art movement, he is generally identified as an abstract expressionist.