About the Author

James E. B. Breslin (1936-96) was professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley, and author of From Modern to Contemporary: American Poetry, 1945-1965 and William Carlos Williams: An American Artist.

Reviews

"He's made the tragedy of his subject's life the more poignant."-- New Criterion-- "New Criterion"

"This remains beyond question the finest biography so far devoted to an artist of the New York School."--Boston Sunday Globe-- "Boston Globe"

"Historically, [Mark Rothko] is a rich work that beautifully sets out the New York art scene of the '30s, '40s, and '50s, giving a palpable sense of this complex, conflicted artistic genius and monumental ego, his colleagues and his period."--Ed Gero, Chicago Reader --Ed Gero "Chicago Reader"

"Mr. Breslin's book is, in my opinion, the best life of an American painter that has yet been written. . . . A biographical classic. It is painstakingly researched, fluently written and unfailingly intelligent in tracing the tragic course of its subject's tormented character."--Hilton Kramer, New York Times Book Review --Hilton Kramer "New York Times"

"He's made the tragedy of his subject's life the more poignant."-- New Criterion-- "New Criterion"

"This remains beyond question the finest biography so far devoted to an artist of the New York School."--Boston Sunday Globe-- "Boston Globe"

"Historically, [Mark Rothko] is a rich work that beautifully sets out the New York art scene of the '30s, '40s, and '50s, giving a palpable sense of this complex, conflicted artistic genius and monumental ego, his colleagues and his period."--Ed Gero, Chicago Reader

"Mr. Breslin's book is, in my opinion, the best life of an American painter that has yet been written. . . . A biographical classic. It is painstakingly researched, fluently written and unfailingly intelligent in tracing the tragic course of its subject's tormented character."--Hilton Kramer, New York Times Book Review