This artist imitated Paolo Uccello's Profanation of the Host for his mural 1934, which also incorporates three drawings from this artist's earlier Nighttime, Enigma, and Nostalgia series.  A number of this artist's early works are tributes to his mother, who starved to death before he left his native country; those works include How My Mother's Embroidered Apron Unfolds in My Life.  His son-in-law Matthew Spender, the son of poet Stephen Spender, wrote about him in the book From a High Place; that book describes this man's friendship with another artist whom he depicted in Portrait of Master Bill.  In addition to that portrayal of Willem de Kooning, he created such abstract, "biomorphic" works as One Year the Milkwe
This artist imitated Paolo Uccello's Profanation of the Host for his mural 1934, which also incorporates three drawings from this artist's earlier Nighttime, Enigma, and Nostalgia series.  A number of this artist's early works are tributes to his mother, who starved to death before he left his native country; those works include How My Mother's Embroidered Apron Unfolds in My Life.  His son-in-law Matthew Spender, the son of poet Stephen Spender, wrote about him in the book From a High Place; that book describes this man's friendship with another artist whom he depicted in Portrait of Master Bill.  In addition to that portrayal of Willem de Kooning, he created such abstract, "biomorphic" works as One Year the Milkweed.  For 10 points, name this painter who was born Vostanik Adoyan, an Armenian artist who created The Liver Is the Cock's Comb.
This artist imitated Paolo Uccello's Profanation of the Host for his mural 1934, which also incorporates three drawings from this artist's earlier Nighttime, Enigma, and Nostalgia series.  
Arshile Gorky (accept Vostanik Adoyan before it is mentioned)