Movement is the translation of life, and if art depicts life, movement should come into art, since we are only aware of living because it moves. - Arshile Gorky

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Movement is the translation of life, and if art depicts life, movement should come into art, since we are only aware of living because it moves.

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About Arshile Gorky

Arshile Gorky (15 April 1904 – 21 July 1948), born Vostanik Manoog Adoyan, was an American abstract expressionist painter of Armenian descent, living and working in New York, where he got later strongly involved with American Surrealism. He was a very close friend of Willem de Kooning who respected him as a teacher in painting.

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Native Name: Արշիլ Գորկի
Alternative Names: Ostanik-Manuk Adoian Arshil Gorʹkiĭ Arshile Gorky Adoian Arshil Gorky Osdanig-Manug Atoyan Arshil Gorki Adoyan Wostanig Adoyan Vosdanig Manoog Adoian Ostanik-Manuk Adoyan Arshil Gorki Ostanik-Manuk Adoyean Osdanig-Manug Atoian Vostanik-Manuk Adoian Arschille Gorky Vosdanik Adoian Arshele Gorky Vosdanig Adoian Archele Gorky Archel Gorky Archele Gorki Arshile Gorkij Adoian Gorky a. gorky

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