Arshile Gorky, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Arshile Gorky

Armenian-American painter

Date of Birth: 15-Apr-1904

Place of Birth: Van, Turkey

Date of Death: 21-Jul-1948

Profession: painter

Nationality: United States, Armenia

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Arshile Gorky (; born Vostanik Manoug Adoian, Armenian: ??????? ?????? ???????; April 15, 1904 – July 21, 1948) was an Armenian-American painter, who had a seminal influence on Abstract Expressionism.
He spent most 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.
As such, his works were often speculated to have been informed by the suffering and loss he experienced in the Armenian Genocide.