Arshile Gorky
( 1904 - 1948) |
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Landscapes, Art Work
| Name: |
Arshile Gorky |
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Male |
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| Nationality: |
American |
| Birth: |
1904 |
| Death: |
1948 |
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Quick Facts
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Landscapes, |
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| Style: |
Abstract Expressionist |
| Fine Art Profession(s): |
Painter
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Biography
| Birth name: Vostanik Manoog Adoyan. Gorky's contributions to American and world art are difficult to overestimate. The painterly spontaneity of mature works like "The Liver is the Cock's Comb," "The Betrothal II," and "One Year the Milkweed" immediately prefigured Abstract expressionism, and leaders in the New York School have acknowledged Gorky's considerable influence. When Gorky showed his new work to André Breton in the 1940s, after seeing the new paintings and in particular The Liver is the Cock's Comb, Breton declared the painting to be "one of the most important paintings made in America" and he stated that Gorky is a Surrealist, which was Breton's highest compliment. But his oeuvre is a phenomenal achievement in its own right, synthesizing Surrealism and the sensuous color and painterliness of the School of Paris with his own highly personal formal vocabulary. His paintings and drawings hang in every major American museum including the National Gallery of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York (which maintains the Gorky Archive), and in many worldwide, including the Tate in London. |
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