Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective
February 10 - May 3, 2010
Sponsored by Terra
Tate Modern Gallery - Admission Charge
Arshile Gorky was born in Armenia in 1905, and lived there until 1926 when his family fled the Turkish invasion. In 1920 he had arrived in the US and soon was teaching drawing in Boston. By 1924 he had changed his name from Vosdanig Manoog Adoian to Arshile Gorky – after the Russian author, Maxim Gorky.
From 1926 to 1931, he taught at the Grand Central Art School in New York. In the meantime, he developed his own art, his work being a fusion of Armenian folk art with an influence of Picasso. He went on to be influenced by Fernand Leger, Joan Miro and André Masson.
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Agony 1947 © 2009 The Museum of Modern Art New York/Scala, Florence © The Estate of Arshile Gorky Oil on canvas |
His paintings are on display in Tate Modern until May 3.
Mary Phelan, 2010