Where is Arshile Gorky from?
Van Vilayet
Arshile Gorky/Place of birth
Where did Arshile Gorky go to school?
National Academy of Design
Grand Central School of ArtNew England School of Art & Design
Arshile Gorky/Education
How did Arshile Gorky commit suicide?
Shortly after, Gorky was involved in a car accident that exacerbated his deteriorating health. The conflation of these tragic circumstances led the artist to commit suicide on July 21, 1948, by hanging himself in his Connecticut house.
What was Arshile Gorky’s real name?
Vostanik Manoug Adoian
Arshile Gorky/Full name
Arshile Gorky, original name Vosdanik Adoian, (born April 15, 1904, Khorkom, Van, Turkish Armenia [now in Turkey]—died July 21, 1948, Sherman, Connecticut, U.S.), American painter, important as the direct link between the European Surrealist painters and the painters of the American Abstract Expressionist movement.
Why did Gorky change his name?
This was also the period when the artist changed his name, from Vosdanik Adoyan to Arshile Gorky, in order to divorce himself from the negative perception of the Armenian refugees in the United States. The change was also made to claim a certain connection to the Russian artistic milieu.
Why did Arshile Gorky change his name?
What was the original name of Arshile Gorky?
Arshile Gorky, original name Vosdanik Adoian, (born April 15, 1904, Khorkom, Van, Turkish Armenia [now in Turkey]—died July 21, 1948, Sherman, Connecticut, U.S.), American painter, important as the direct link between the European Surrealist painters and the painters of the American Abstract Expressionist movement.
How did Arshile Gorky contribute to abstract expressionism?
Arshile Gorky’s diverse body of work was crucial to the emergence of Abstract Expressionism. He adopted the biomorphic forms of the Surrealist painters, but further freed those forms through the process of painting itself by emphasizing more lyrical color and personal content.
Where can I see an exhibition of Arshile Gorky?
In October 2009 the Philadelphia Museum of Art held a major Arshile Gorky exhibition: Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective. On June 6, 2010, an exhibit of the same name opened at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Los Angeles.
When did Arshile Gorky paint his first mural?
Between 1935 and 1937, Gorky produced a ten panel large-scale mural cycle for Newark Airport. Of the original murals, only two still exist; the others were either destroyed or somehow disappeared. Gorky was one of the very few New Deal muralists to paint in an abstract language.