Arshile’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

The Artist's Mother
Arshile Gorky American, born Ottoman Empire (Present Day Turkey), c. 1904–1948

The Plow and the Song
Arshile Gorky American, born Ottoman Empire (Present Day Turkey) c.1904–1948

After Khorkom
Arshile Gorky American, born Ottoman Empire (Present Day Turkey) c.1904–1948

Carnival
Arshile Gorky American, born Ottoman Empire (Present Day Turkey), c. 1904–1948

Self-Portrait
Arshile Gorky American, born Ottoman Empire (Present Day Turkey) c.1904–1948

Untitled
Arshile Gorky American, born Ottoman Empire (Present Day Turkey), c. 1904–1948

Study for Agony
Arshile Gorky American, born Ottoman Empire (Present Day Turkey), c. 1904–1948

Untitled
Arshile Gorky American, born Ottoman Empire (Present Day Turkey), c. 1904–1948

Mannikin
Arshile Gorky American, born Ottoman Empire (Present Day Turkey), c. 1904–1948

Three Forms
Arshile Gorky American, born Ottoman Empire (Present Day Turkey), c. 1904–1948

Untitled
Arshile Gorky American, born Ottoman Empire (Present Day Turkey), c. 1904–1948

Untitled
Arshile Gorky American, born Ottoman Empire (Present Day Turkey), c. 1904–1948

Untitled
Arshile Gorky American, born Ottoman Empire (Present Day Turkey), c. 1904–1948

Arshile Gorky & Wifredo Lam (B), New York
Irving Penn American, 1917–2009

Untitled
Arshile Gorky American, born Ottoman Empire (Present Day Turkey), c. 1904–1948

Young Cherry Trees Secured Against Hare
Arshile Gorky (American, born Ottoman Empire (Present Day Turkey), c. 1904–1948) written by André Breton (French, 1896–1966)

Arshile Gorky shortly before his death
Artist unknown active mid-20th century

Frontal Portrait from the Waist Up of Maxime Gorki
Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen French, born Switzerland, 1859-1923

Gorky, from Memories
Raphael Soyer American, born Russia 1899-1987