Mark Rothko - Retrospective Exhibition

MUNICH, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 07: An abstract painting of US painter Mark Rothko is seen prior to the opening of an exhibition at the Munich Kunsthalle on February 7, 2008 in Munich, Germany. At The Kunsthalle the oeuvre of Mark Rothko is presented with a retrospective including more then 100 paintings and works on paper. Mark Rothko is one of the most important American artists of the twentieth century, famous for his mostly large-format meditative, abstract paintings with horizontally-layered colour planes. (Photo by Johannes Simon/Getty Images)