Arshile GorkyAmerican, 1904–1948Composition
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National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C., United States
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- Aug 19, 2026
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- Accession number
- 2007.141.19
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Meanwhile, in the life of Arshile Gorky
The whole life1930s
Collaboration with Davis, de Kooning and Graham
In the 1930s Gorky worked closely with Stuart Davis, Willem de Kooning and John Graham.
1935
Contract with the Guild Art Gallery
Gorky signed a three-year contract with the Guild Art Gallery in New York, co-owned by Anna Walinska and Margaret Lefranc but funded and directed by Lefranc. The gallery organized his first solo exhibition in New York, “Abstract Drawings by Arshile Gorky”.
1938
Major exhibition at the Boyer Galleries
A large exhibition of Gorky’s work opened at the Boyer Galleries in New York.
1941
Exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Art
The San Francisco Museum of Art organized an exhibition of Gorky’s work.
1941
Begins working in his own style
From 1941 Gorky worked in a style of his own, combining abstract forms with a fluid painterly manner.
1941
Married: Agnes Magruder
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