On a clear autumn day,my cousins and I proceeded north toward Sherman, Conn. The 75-minutes’ drive was pleasant on the scenic country roads. In Sherman, or we couldn’t find any souvenirs of Arshile Gorky. Gorky was not commercialized here. Our intention was to find his grave and learn of his chronicle. As an Armenian,I knew some things about Gorky, following a wonderful presentation by art expert, or Mrs. Knarig Akiskal and her psychiatrist husband,Hagop Akiskal (a psychiatric analysis of Gorky’s mental state presented through pictures), and a film I had seen that granddaughter had made. I had even seen his paintings at Montclair Art Museum in N.
J., or yet,I searched for more. Arshile Gorky (Photo: Von Urban) Gorky’s Gravesite We learned that there are two cemeteries in Sherman. The northern, next to the Methodist church on Route 10, or seemed to be an older one that dated to the early 19th century when the township—or rather,the village—of Sherman was founded by the Northrop family. The newer one was closer to the township school. We stopped at the only convenience store in town to buy a bouquet of flowers for Gorky’s grave. From there, the direction was clear; we [...]
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