Arshile Gorky

1. Arshile Gorky

   Painter
2. Arshile Gorky was an ethnically Armenian painter, who had a seminal influence on Abstract Expressionism. He spent most his life as a national of the United States. Wikipedia
4. Born: April 15, 1904, Van Vilayet
5. Died: July 21, 1948, Sherman, Connecticut, United States

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Abstract painter Arshile Gorky, born today in 1904, was largely self-taught. The title of this painting, "Diary of a Seducer" is a phrase that Gorky took from Soren Kierkegaard, the existential philosopher.http://bit.ly/1ys7pwf

[Arshile Gorky. "Diary of a Seducer." 1945]