Gorky (redirected from Gorky, Maxim)

Gor·ky or Gor·ki  (gôrk)

See Nizhniy Novgorod.

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Gorky, Arshile 1904-1948.

Armenian-born American painter considered a transitional figure between surrealism and abstract expressionism. His works include The Liver Is the Cock's Comb (1944).

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Gorky also Gorki, Maksim also Maxim Pen name of Aleksei Maksimovich Peshkov. 1868-1936.

Russian writer who supported the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 and helped develop socialist realism as the officially accepted literary aesthetic. His works include The Life of Klim Samgin (1925-1936), an unfinished cycle of novels.

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Gorky [ˈgɔːkɪ]

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(Biographies / Gorky, Arshile (1904-1948) M, USnational of birth: Armenian, ARTS 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

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Noun	1.	Gorky - Russian writer of plays and novels and short stories; noted for his depiction of social outcasts Aleksey Maksimovich Peshkov, Aleksey Maximovich Peshkov, Gorki, Maksim Gorky, Maxim Gorki
	2.	Gorky - an industrial city in the European part of Russia; birthplace of Maksim Gorky Gorkiy, Nizhni Novgorod, Nizhnyi Novgorod, Gorki Russian Federation, Russia - a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state