Arshile Gorky

Arshile Gorky was an Armenian-American painter who had a seminal influence on Abstract Expressionism. He spent the last years of his life as a national of the United States. Along with Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning, Gorky has been hailed as one of the most powerful American painters of the 20th century. The suffering and loss he experienced in the Armenian genocide had crucial influence at Gorky's development as an artist.

15 April 1904

Born on the same birth day (15 April): Bessie Smith • Blake Ayshford • Brian Muir (sculptor) • Catherine I of Russia • Javier Fernández (figure skater) • John L. Phillips • John Lloyd (journalist) • Kevin Lowe • Lee Kernaghan • Linda Perry • Michael Cooper • Mott Green • Percy Shaw • Ramón Iribarren • Raül López (basketball) • Ryan Hamilton (ice hockey)

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