American Masters

Rothko: Pictures Must Be Miraculous

10/25/2019 | 53m 11s | WETA Passport

Explore the life of the celebrated artist whose luminous color field paintings helped define the abstract expressionist movement, which shifted the art world epicenter from Paris to New York. Featuring original scenes with Alfred Molina.

Aired: 10/25/19 | Expires: 11/24/23 | Rating: NR

Support for American Masters is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, AARP, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, Rosalind P. Walter Foundation, Cheryl and Philip Milstein Family, Judith & Burton Resnick, Seton J. Melvin, The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation, The Ambrose Monell Foundation, Lillian Goldman Programming Endowment, Vital Projects Fund, The Philip and Janice Levin Foundation, Ellen and James S. Marcus, The André and Elizabeth Kertész Foundation, Koo and Patricia Yuen and public television viewers.

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Extras From This Episode

• How Abstract Expressionism Changed American Art

  Clip: 10/25/2019 | 1m 57s

• Mark Rothko and Adolph Gottlieb on Creating Abstract Art

  Clip: 10/25/2019 | 1m 22s

• Rothko: Pictures Must Be Miraculous Preview

  Preview: 10/25/2019 | 30s

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