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Arshile
Gorky

1904 — 1948 · Modern

The Life and Identity of Arshile Gorky Arshile Gorky was born Vostanik Manoug Adoian on April 15, 1904, in Khorgom, Van, Ottoman Empire (now Turkey). His early existence was tied to a name and a place that he would eventually leave behind. As he moved …

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Arshile Gorky
The Palette Genome

A portrait built from Arshile Gorky's own colours

Every 100 approved work contributes its dominant tone to a single flowing field. Sorted along the hue wheel, the strip reads as a smooth spectrum. Click any band to reveal its full four-colour palette.

← Cool · Shadow Warm · Earth Gold · Light →

Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.

Four-Colour Decomposition
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The Chromatic Knot

Every painting, placed on the hue wheel

Each dot is a work — its angle set by hue, its distance from the centre by saturation. Hover a dot to see the painting.

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Reading the Genome

The signature, in numbers