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The Emotionally Charged Paintings of Gertrude Abercrombie Finally Find Their Audience

A surreal painting of two ladders in a dark landscape, one reaching a crescent moon and the other a pink cloud.

A Spellbinding Retrospective Showcases Artist and Jazz Witch Gertrude Abercrombie’s Singular Vision

Oil on canvas painting by Gertrude Abercrombie. In a surreal setting, a woman in a coral dress holds a thread in a dim room with a cat, a table, and a funnel.

The Extraordinary Life (and Afterlife) of Art’s ‘Jazz Witch’

Gertrude Abercrombie

Painting by Gertrude Abercrombie. Tree with ladder and noose in a surreal, dream-like setting.

The Witchy Surrealism of Gertrude Abercrombie

A green chaise longue against a gray wall with a mirror above and a white door beside it.

Why Surrealist Painter Gertrude Abercrombie Feels More Relevant Than Ever

A framed oil on canvas painting by Gertrude Abercrombie of a queen wearing a crown standing next to a white tree with an owl on its branch.

Gertrude Abercrombie’s American Surrealism

An oil on masonite painting by Gertrude Abercrombie of a woman in a blue dress whose body has been split in half. Her top half is floating above a white vase.

Not Good Painting, But Good Art: A Review of “Gertrude Abercrombie: The Whole World Is a Mystery”

Cover of Gertrude Abercrombie, The Whole World is a Mystery. Cover image vertical black and white stripes, painting image, yellow text.

Meet Surrealist Gertrude Abercrombie, the ‘Jazz Witch’ Who Captivated the Art World

A woman in black walks on a dirt path in a surreal landscape with a white, leafless tree and cloudy sky.

Collier’s Weekly: You’ll Find a New Favorite Artist at Carnegie Museum of Art

A painting of a green, red, and white door freestanding in the middle of a room with a black cat sitting in front of them.

‘Her painting was her life and her life was painting’

Painting by Gertrude Abercrombie of a woman in a coral dress gesturing towards a blue ottoman which is next to a small white table. Behind the woman is a large tree, rolling trees, and a bright moon.

Meet Our 2025–26 Fellows

Black and white portraits of Ernest A. Bryant III, Dianne Smith, Alexandra Grant, Michael Namingha, Hannah Haynes, and william cordova against a light blue background.

Gertrude Abercrombie: The Whole World Is a Mystery

Oil on canvas painting by Gertrude Abercrombie. In a surreal setting, a woman in a coral dress holds a thread in a dim room with a cat, a table, and a funnel.

Gertrude Abercrombie’s Autobiographical Surrealism Traverses Dreams and Reality

Oil on canvas painting by Gertrude Abercrombie. In a surreal setting, a woman in a coral dress holds a thread in a dim room with a cat, a table, and a funnel.

A Year When Art Was Everywhere

A woman looking at an etching

The Late Martha Diamond Gets Deserved Appreciation in a New Exhibition

Black and white photograph of artist Martha Diamond

Alex Katz Honored at White House Ceremony

Artist Alex Katz receiving a National Medal of Arts in a White House ceremony

“Alive and Kicking” Packs a Playful Punch at the Colby College Museum of Art

Installation view of “Alive and Kicking,” including Gladys Nilsson's Rounding Rosie’s Ring: Dance, You Fools, Dance, 2024. Charcoal, graphite, chalk, marker, and wall paint.

Lunder Institute @ Colby College Museum of Art

Jacqueline Terrassa, Carolyn Muzzy Director of the Colby College Museum of Art, introduces the panelites during the Lunder Institute at Colby College Museum of Art symposium on “What is the state of American Art?” on Tuesday, October 29, 2024, in Studio 1 in the Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts.

She said she painted her ‘perceptions.’ This is what Martha Diamond meant.

Oil painting by Martha Diamond of buildings