A biography of the Armenian painter that "adds immeasurable to the interest of [his] art . . . Carefully researched, well written, [and] enlightening" ( The New York Review of Books). In this first full-scale biography, Nouritza Matossian charts the mysterious and tragic life of Arshile Gorky, one of the most influential painters of the twentieth century. Born Manoug Adoian in Armenia, he…