Gertrude Abercrombie

American | 1909 - 1977

Gertrude Abercrombie was an American Postwar & Contemporary painter who was born in 1909. Their work is currently being shown at Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh. Numerous key galleries and museums such as BLUM, Los Angeles have featured Gertrude Abercrombie's work in the past.Gertrude Abercrombie's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 600 USD to 864,100 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 864,100 USD for Silo at Aledo, sold at Bonhams New York in 2024. In the past 12 months, their paintings have averaged 145,082 USD.Gertrude Abercrombie has been featured in articles for , and . The most recent article is written for ARTFORUM in April 2025. The artist died in 1977.

Featured for Sale

Wires Down ,1943

By Gertrude Abercrombie

Bonhams New York

Set for the Night ,1950

By Gertrude Abercrombie

Hindman, Chicago

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Notable Lots

Untitled (Stallion and Shed) - Gertrude Abercrombie

Untitled (Stallion and Shed) ,1963

By Gertrude Abercrombie

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Toddy, Possim and Christine - Gertrude Abercrombie

Toddy, Possim and Christine ,1954

By Gertrude Abercrombie

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Owl Trainer No. 2 - Gertrude Abercrombie

Owl Trainer No. 2 ,1947

By Gertrude Abercrombie

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Wires Down ,1943

By Gertrude Abercrombie

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Blue Shell ,1956

By Gertrude Abercrombie

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Moonlight and Landscape with Tree (Tree Lady) - Gertrude Abercrombie

Moonlight and Landscape with Tree (Tree Lady) ,1944

By Gertrude Abercrombie

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Black cat on pink - Gertrude Abercrombie

Black cat on pink ,1952

By Gertrude Abercrombie

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Owl Trainer No. 2 ,1947

By Gertrude Abercrombie

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Untitled ,1957

By Gertrude Abercrombie

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Current Exhibitions

Gertrude Abercrombie: The Whole World Is a Mystery

Carnegie Museum of Art

Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | USA

Jan 18,2025 - Jun 01,2025

Nicolas Party And Surrealism: An Artist鈥橲 Take On The Movement

Currier Museum of Art

Manchester | New Hampshire | USA

Apr 10,2025 - Sep 01,2025

Past Exhibitions

Enchanted Alchemies: Magic, Mysticism and the Occult in Art

Lévy Gorvy Dayan, London

Mayfair | London | UK

Oct 01,2024 - Dec 21,2024

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Articles

ARTFORUM 01/04/2025

GERTRUDE ABERCROMBIE (1909鈥�1977) painted the strangest trees, which seem both earthly and otherworldly, with branches jutting out from trunks in graceful, balletic stretches.

Two Coats of Paint 27/03/2025

Gertrude Abercrombie (1909鈥�1977) was a Chicago-based painter. Basically self-taught, she was inspired by Rene Magritte or perhaps Paul Delvaux to create small, highly distinctive Surrealist paintings.

Art in America 26/03/2025

A few months before she died in July 1977, the Chicago painter Gertrude Abercrombie鈥攂y then largely housebound and plagued by the arthritis that had forced her to stop painting years earlier鈥攇ave an interview to local broadcaster Studs Terkel.

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