1970 Death Mark Rothko, abstract expressionist (Green on Blue), dies at 66 1962 Death Franz Jozef Kline, U.S. expressionist painter, dies at 51 1950 Death Yvan Goll, writer, poet, surrealist, expressionist, most famous war poem 'Requiem for the Dead of Europe', dies at 58 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France 1948 Death Arshile Gorky, abstract expressionist, dies at 43 1928 Birthday Helen Frankenthaler, New York, abstract expressionist artist, Arden 1912 Birthday William Baziotes, painter, abstract expressionist 1912 Birthday Jackson Pollock, born in Cody, Wyoming, expressionist painter, Lavender Mist 1912 Death Georg Heym, poet, writer, wrote, 'Der ewige Tag', poetry considered early Expressionist style, dies at 24 from falling through the ice, trying to save a friend 1910 Birthday Franz Jozef Kline, U.S. expressionist painter 1891 Birthday Yvan Goll, born in Saint-Die, France, writer, poet, surrealist, expressionist, most famous war poem 'Requiem for the Dead of Europe' 1887 Birthday Georg Heym, born in Hirschberg, Germany, poet, writer, wrote, 'Der ewige Tag', poetry considered early Expressionist style 1871 Birthday Georges-Henri Rouault, French expressionist painter, Miserere et Guerre
