For 10 points, name this abstract expressionist that painted The Artist and his Mother and The Liver is the Cock's Comb, who used the themes of the Armenian Genocide in many of his works.
This man's interest in philosophy can be seen in his Kierkegaard inspired Diary of a Seducer, while a photograph with the simple caption "Xochitl" inspired him to produce a painting with three figures fighting, Battle at Sunset with the God of Maize. His late phase includes works inspired by agriculture, like The Plough and the Song. In such paintings as Summer Snow and The Opaque, this artist always used a giant bird to represent virility in his Pastoral series. This artist depicted himself next to (*) Shushan der Manderosian in which she is depicted with a blue bonnet in one of his works painted nearby Lake Van. Another of this man's works equates the pointed hat of a jester with the titular "head gear" of a male chicken. For 10 points, name this abstract expressionist that painted The Artist and his Mother and The Liver is the Cock's Comb, who used the themes of the Armenian Genocide in many of his works.
This man's interest in philosophy can be seen in his Kierkegaard inspired Diary of a Seducer, while a photograph with the simple caption "Xochitl" inspired him to produce a painting with three figures fighting, Battle at Sunset with the God of Maize.
Arshile Gorky