Arshile Gorky，Armenian painter and draftsman. Born in Khorkom Van, Hayotz Dzore, a village in now Turkish Armenia. Emigrated to the USA in 1920, lived first in Boston and studied at Rhode Island School of Design, Providence Technical High School and the New School of Design, Boston. Changed his name from Vosdanig Manoog Adoian to Arshile Gorky.