Arshile Gorky art. Virtosu Art Gallery artist.

Arshile Gorky art and paintings. Arshile Gorky is known as a pioneer of this new abstract painting that developed in New York after World War II. Born Vosdanik Adoian in the village of Khorkom, Armenia, Gorky's idyllic childhood was cut short by the Turkish invasion of Armenia and its ensuing ethnic persecution. Gorky's dad and other relatives had fled to America before; the boy lived with his mother and sister as refugees in Russian-occupied territory. A year later, at sixteen, Gorky emigrated to the USA. His was an enormous journey, geographically and culturally, which would leave the artist using a permanent longing for the gardens, orchards, and wheat areas of his rural homeland. Arshile Gorky his life and work.