Arshile Gorky (born Vostanik Manoug Adoian, Armenian: Ոստանիկ Մանուկ Ատոյեան) was an Armenian-American painter, who had a seminal influence on Abstract Expressionism.
Born: April 15, 1904 in Khorgom, Vilayet of Van, Ottoman Empire
Died: July 21, 1948 (aged 44) in Sherman, Connecticut
