“Simple things that are a little strange” is how Chicago painter Gertrude Abercrombie described her enigmatic works that locate the peculiar in everyday life. “Gertrude Abercrombie: The ...
On the surface, Gertrude Baniszewski appeared resilient. The Indianapolis woman had seven children and raised them on her own with a limited income. Her true nature, one of cruelty and violence, was ...
Gertrude Abercrombie, Where or When (Things Past), 1948. Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Wisconsin, Gift of the Gertrude Abercrombie Trust, Photo: Paige Holzbauer There’s something ominous ...