I must confess not knowing hardly anything about this painter from the United States. Gertrude was born in 1909 in Austin, Texas. One thing I discovered fascinating about her was her love for jazz. She was based in Chicago and there she kept up with Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker and Sarah Vaughn. She said their music inspired her work. That seems phenomenal to me.
She came from an artistic family, as both parents were opera singers. They were from Berlin. Gertrude studied art briefly at the Art Institute of Chicago. As of 1932 she focused solely on her career as an artist.
Among the interesting anecdotes in her «bohemian» life was that she was the inspiration for Richie Powel’s song «Gertrude’s Bounce». Interesting to note is that she played piano and was very good at jazz improvising and at times played with Dizzie Gillespie at private events.
Gertrude Abercrombie died in 1977, the same year that a major retrospective of her work was exhibited at Hyde Park Art Center (the oldest exhibition space in Chicago).
I think you will enjoy her work…
CHEERS
JaZzArt en València 
Great post, Francisco! Thank you for sharing her work. 💛🌻
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Thank you so much Sara! Wishing you a phenomenal Friday! Today is a holiday here in Spain as it is the Constitution Day (its 46th year). All the best to you! 💗🌻🌞😊
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My pleasure, Francisco!
Yes…1978! Enjoy your day of National importance.
All the best, Francisco! 😁🌞💕🌻
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Thank you Sara. 💗🌻🌼💗
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🌻💛🌻
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So beautiful!
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A genuine artist! Grazie mille cara Luisa! Buona giornata ❤💗❤
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🙏🙏🙏
Buona serata a te, caro Francisco
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Grazie Luisa, gentilissima. Buona serata.
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Wow, these are amazing – her paintings are bewitching and enigmatic and I love how they create an episodic one-woman show. Thanks for sharing, and have a good day 🙂 Aiva xx
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Yes, she certainly has amazing paintings! A very interesting person as well. And I thank you, Aiva, for your time, your visits and your very insightful comments that add so much to the conversation. Sharing these types of articles, well, that is my function here, to start and hopefully continue the conversation about art, good art, all over. I appreciate your collaborations and cooperation. All the best and Happy Friday! Today is Constitution Day here in Spain, a national holiday (I don’t really know why as we have our National Hispanic Heritage Day on the 12th of October – good grief there are far too many holidays in our country) 😊
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This is an interesting post! What an incredible artist! Her paintings are mesmerizing and intriguing. Thanks for sharing 🖼🎨
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Yes, not only a fascinating artist, but she must have been quite an interesting person to know. Thank you very much for your visits and most importantly for your comments which help to further a conversation about art, artists and culture in general. Sharing? That is my function, no need to thank me. I thank you and appreciate you. All the best.
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Interesting art.
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And a most interesting artist as well…
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Yes, indeed. 🙂
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Very interesting!
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An interesting artist and interesting art… Thank you!
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