Arshile Gorky: art, life and legend at Tate Modern

Arshile Gorky at his easel Photograph: Courtesy Maro Gorky and Matthew Spender Photograph: Courtesy Maro Gorky and Matthew Spender /guardian.co.uk The Artist and His Mother (1929–42) Photograph: National Gallery of Art, Washington Photograph: National Gallery of Art Washington/guardian.co.uk Garden in Sochi (1941) Photograph: ADAGP, Paris/DACS, London/Museum of Modern Art, New York/Scala, Florence Photograph: ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London Photo: 2010 The Museum of Modern Art, New York / Scala, Florence /guardian.co.uk Garden in Sochi (1943) Photograph: The estate of Arshile Gorky/Digital image, Museum of Modern Art, New York/Scala, Florence Photograph: Arshile Gorky Estate /guardian.co.uk Untitled – Virginia landscape, drawing (1943) Photograph: Glenstone Foundation, Potomac Photograph: guardian.co.uk Landscape Table (1945) Photograph: ADAGP, Paris/DACS, London Photograph: ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2010/guardian.co.uk Agony (1947) Photograph: The estate of Arshile Gorky/Museum of Modern Art, New York/Scala, Florence Photograph: guardian.co.uk The Plow and the Song (1947) Photograph: Allen Memorial Art Museum, Ohio Photograph: guardian.co.uk The Betrothal II (1947) Photograph: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York Photograph: guardian.co.uk The Black Monk – Last Painting (1948) Photograph: Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Photograph: guardian.co.uk Arshile Gorky at Gjon Mili's studio Photograph: Gjon Mili/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images Photograph: Gjon Mili/guardian.co.uk