Arshile Gorky
(1904–1948) armenisk-amerikansk bildkonstnär
Arshile Gorky (USA, 1904–1948) is listed in the catalogue as a painter, a sculptor, and a designer. By year of birth, Arshile Gorky belongs to the chapter ‘The interwar years’ in this site’s history of art.
Arshile Gorky was born in Dilkaya and died in Sherman. Arshile Gorky trained at National Academy of Design and Grand Central School of Art. Arshile Gorky worked in Roxbury, Sherman, Boston, and New York City. Wikidata associates Arshile Gorky with abstract expressionism, action painting, and modern art. Arshile Gorky became a member of The 8th Street Club.
The works belong mainly to the genres portrait painting, abstract art, and self-portrait. The catalogue has 34 works by Arshile Gorky with free images. The dated works span the years 1926–1948. Works by Arshile Gorky are held by several collections, among them Museum of Modern Art, Art Institute of Chicago, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘The post-war era’.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Al Hirschfeld, Delhy Tejero, Margaret Bourke-White, Clyfford Still, and Bruce Goff.