issue 27 :: September 2015

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Gertrude Abercrombie Gallery

I was recently introduced to the work of Gertrude Abercrombie, who painted incredible surrealist works in Chicago until her death in 1977. There is no one site online that collects her work, so I compiled these links for my own use, but you can use them as well. Thank you to Content Love Knowles for introducing me to her work. Knowles will be playing Abercrombie in a performance art work at the Vortex Theater here in Austin. All images below are clickable to the pages that house them. WTTW in Chicago produced a special documentary on her. More of her paintings can be viewed here.
Girl with Plant — 1933
 
Wine Glass — 1934
 
Self-Portrait, — 1935
 
Untitled (Portrait) — 1936
 
Slaughterhouse Ruins at Aledo — 1937
 
White Cat — 1938
 
The Pump — 1938
 
Tree at Aledo — 1938
 
The White Horse — 1938
 
Self-Portrait, the Striped Blouse — 1940
 
Self-Portrait of My Sister — 1941
 
The Night Visitor — 1944
 
The Ivory Tower — 1945
 
The Past and the Present — 1945
 
The Owl Tamer — 1945
 
Girl Searching — 1945
 
Charlie Parker's Favorite Painting — 1946
 
The Bride — 1946
 
Untitled (Lighthouse, Whale and Black Sea) — 1948
 
The Red Rook — 1948
 
The Flood — 1948
 
A Terribly Strange Tree — 1949
 
Still Life - Shell — 1951
 
Untitled (Ballet for Owl) or Stage Fright (Self-Portrait) — 1952
 
Witches' Switches — 1952
 
Countess Narone on Chaise — 1953
 
The Queen — 1954
 
Owl and Bone — 1954
 
Figure Coming Out of a Tree — 1954
 
Sunset — 1954
 
Untitled — 1961
 
For Once in My Life — 1969
 
Letter to Gertrude — 19??
 
Untitled — 19??
 
Self-Portrait in Green Dress — 19??
 
The Stroll — 19??
 
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