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Artist
Arshile Gorky
1904–1948 · Armenian-born American · Based in New York & Sherman, Connecticut
- New School of Design, Boston (1924)
- National Academy of Design, New York
- Abstract Expressionism
- Surrealism
- Painting
Arshile Gorky transformed lessons from Cézanne, Picasso and Surrealism into a highly personal biomorphic language rooted partly in memory of Armenia and displacement. His mature work became a crucial bridge between European Surrealism and American Abstract Expressionism.
Painting; drawing
Gallery Representation
Artist Films
Life with Gorky
Major Works
- The Artist and His Mother
- Organization
- Garden in Sochi
- The Liver Is the Cock’s Comb
- Water of the Flowery Mill
- How My Mother’s Embroidered Apron Unfolds in My Life
- Agony
- Betrothal II
- One Year the Milkweed
- Diary of a Seducer
Museums & Public Collections
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo
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