Arshile Gorky
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Arshile Gorky was an Armenian-American painter who had a seminal influence on Abstract Expressionism. He spent the last years of his life as a national of the United States. Along with Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning, Gorky has been hailed as one of the most powerful American painters of the 20th century. The suffering and loss he experienced in the Armenian genocide had crucial influence at Gorky's development as an artist.
Arshile Gorky's The Artist and His Mother (c. 1926–1936), Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City.
Arshile Gorky's Portrait of Master Bill, 1929–1936. Oil on canvas.
Arshile Gorky working on Activities on the field, one of the panels for his mural Aviation at Newark Airport, for the Federal Art Project, 1936
Roberto Matta
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Roberto Sebastián Antonio Matta Echaurren, better known as Roberto Matta, was one of Chile's best-known painters and a seminal figure in 20th century abstract expressionist and surrealist art across the Americas and Europe.
Roberto Matta, Three Figures, 1958c, M.T. Abraham Foundation.
Elle Loge La Folie, oil on canvas, 1970.