Arshile Gorky ( /ˌɑrʃiːl ˈɡɔrkiː/; born Vosdanig Manoug Atoian (Armenian: Ոստանիկ Մանուկ Ադոեան) (April 15, 1904? – July 21, 1948) was an Armenian American painter, who had a seminal influence on Abstract Expressionism. As such, his works were often speculated to have been informed by the suffering and loss he experienced of the Armenian Genocide.
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