Arshile Gorky
American, born Ottoman Empire (Present Day Turkey), c. 1904–1948
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Arshile Gorky
American, born Ottoman Empire (Present Day Turkey), c. 1904–19481937
pen and ink drawingsdrawings (visual works)
Date
1937
Medium
Pen and brush and black ink with traces of oil paint on ivory wove paper with a graphite underdrawing
Dimensions
57.2 × 73.7 cm (22 9/16 × 29 1/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Grant J. Pick Memorial Fund
Born to a peasant family in Turkish Armenia, Arshile Gorky was deeply affected by the terrible hardships and poverty of his first 15 years. He immigrated to the United States in 1920, after witnessing his mother’s death from starvation. Once established in America, his artistic style rapidly moved from formal, classical depiction toward abstraction.
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