Gorky

[ gawr-kee; Russian gawr-kyee ]

noun

1. Ar·shile [ahr, -sheel] Vosdanig Adoian, 1904–48, American painter, born in Armenia.
2. Maxim. Gorki, Maxim.

Gorky

/ ˈɡɔːkɪ /

noun

1. GorkyArshile19041948MUSArmenianARTS AND CRAFTS: painter Arshile (ˈɑːʃɪl). 1904–48, US abstract expressionist painter, born in Armenia. Influenced by Picasso and Miró, his style is characterized by fluid lines and resonant colours

Example Sentences

Will the new Garage in Gorky Park help preserve memories, or lay them to rest?

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Vostanik Manuk Adoyan became the great painter Arshile Gorky.

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Clemens and Howells called on Gorky and agreed to figure prominently in a literary dinner to be given in his honor.

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Gorky had been expelled from his hotel for having brought to America, as his wife, a woman not so recognized by the American laws.

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The Gorky disturbance had hardly begun to subside when there came another upheaval that snuffed it out completely.

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Such are the celebrated barefoot brigade, the eternal vagabonds, the "lumpen-proletariat" of Gorky's early works.

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Gorky and his companion were always well received on account of the provisions which they distributed so generously.

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