The Artist and His Mother

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The Artist and His Mother is a poignant early 20th-century painting by Arshile Gorky that blends memory and modernist abstraction to depict the artist’s childhood and emotional ties to his Armenian heritage.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf oil painting ⓘ
painting ⓘ
artStyle expressionism ⓘ
figurative abstraction ⓘ
post-impressionist influence ⓘ
basedOn family photograph ⓘ
collection Whitney Museum of American Art collection ⓘ
colorPalette earth colors ⓘ
muted tones ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
creator Arshile Gorky ⓘ
depicts Armenian heritage ⓘ
Arshile Gorky ⓘ
Gorky’s mother ⓘ
mother and child ⓘ
describedAs blend of memory and modernist abstraction ⓘ
poignant early 20th-century painting ⓘ
genre modernist painting ⓘ
hasVersion The Artist and His Mother (National Gallery of Art version) ⓘ
inception 1926 ⓘ
circa 1926–1936 ⓘ
influencedBy Armenian folk imagery ⓘ
Georges Braque ⓘ
Pablo Picasso ⓘ
Paul Cézanne ⓘ
languageOfTitle English ⓘ
location Whitney Museum of American Art ⓘ
mainSubject Armenian Genocide ⓘ
artist’s childhood ⓘ
diaspora ⓘ
memory ⓘ
mother–son relationship ⓘ
trauma ⓘ
materialUsed canvas ⓘ
oil paint ⓘ
movement Abstract art ⓘ
Armenian modernism ⓘ
Modernism ⓘ
notableWorkOf Arshile Gorky ⓘ
partOf 20th-century American art ⓘ
theme exile ⓘ
family memory ⓘ
identity ⓘ
loss ⓘ
nostalgia ⓘ
title The Artist and His Mother ⓘ

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Arshile Gorky → notableWork → The Artist and His Mother ⓘ
Vostanik Manoug Adoian → notableWork → The Artist and His Mother ⓘ
The Artist and His Mother → hasVersion → The Artist and His Mother (National Gallery of Art version) ⓘ
linked to: The Artist and His Mother
The Artist and His Mother → title → The Artist and His Mother ⓘ
Vostanik → notableWork → The Artist and His Mother ⓘ