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 
Nice information with beautiful art.
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Good morning Sir and thank you!
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❤
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🙏🏻🌻🙏🏻
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Actually these women are all amazing. You are doing great by sharing with us, I loved her paintings… Has a deep touches in them. As if. Thank you dear Francisco, Love, nia
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Thank you Nia. One of my functions in VALENCIARTIST is to bring to light artists (especially women artists) that have been ignored by the art business and by many museums, galleries and institutions of art. I appreciate your participation. We all must keep the dialogue going about art as we know everyone loves art. All the best!
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Dear Francisco
We like Gertrude Abercromby’s surrealistic art. For quite a while, we had the reproduction of her painting «Witches’ Switches» hanging in our office.
Thanks for showing some of her pictures
The Fab Four of Cley
🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
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Fabulous! We at VALENCIARTIST like her work too much also. Thank you so much for that information. All the best and greetings from Spain!
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Quite unique!
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Quite so Barbara! Cheers.
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Cheers!
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interesting ami
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Thanks el meu amic
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Fascinating artist both musically and artistically. She had an eye for the unexpected.
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Absolutely! Glad you enjoyed her Pat. Thank you!
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Very welcome, Francisco.
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Reminds me of Salvador Dali. Surreal.
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Could be…
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With a sprinkling of Magritte.
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Perhaps…
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