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Arshile Gorky (1904-1948) 
Aliases: Voštanik Sedraki Adoyan; Arčill Gorki; Arshile Gorkij; Adoian Gorky; Vosdanig Manoog Gorky
Professions: Painter
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ARSHILE GORKY (1904-1948)
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Arshile Gorky (1904-1948)
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Arshile Gorky (1904-1948)
Biography: Gorky
(b Dzov, Turkish Armenia, 15 April 1904; d Sherman, CT, 21 July 1948). American painter of Armenian birth. One of the most illustrious artists of the post-war New York School, he began his life in possibly the most obscure circumstances of any international modern master. His father emigrated to the USA to avoid conscription into the Turkish Army in World War I; in the Turkish persecution of the Armenians, Gorky’s mother died in her son’s arms after a 120-mile march. With his sister (who later figured prominently in his paintings) Gorky made his way to the coast and then, by ship, to the USA, arriving at New York in April 1920.
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