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Events on Wednesday 21 July 1948 1
1904 – 1948Arshile Gorky (1904-1948)Died 21 July 1948, aged 44Arshile Gorky, the Armenian-American painter regarded as a key link between Surrealism and Abstract Expressionism, died by suicide on July 21, 1948, after a series of personal and physical setbacks. His fluid, biomorphic canvases influenced younger artists including Willem de Kooning. He is remembered as one of the founding figures of the New York School.