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Painter Gertrude Abercrombie

They called her the “Queen of the Bohemian Artists."

Aired 11/02/2018 | Rating NR

Art & Design in Chicago

Painter Gertrude Abercrombie

Clip: Episode 4 | 4m 26sVideo has Closed Captions

They called her the “Queen of the Bohemian Artists."

They called her the “Queen of the Bohemian Artists,” and she presided over gatherings that included Thornton Wilder, Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins, Sarah Vaughan, Charlie Parker, and others at her Hyde Park home. But she wasn’t just the host of a salon – she herself was an idiosyncratic painter.

Aired 11/02/2018 | Rating NR

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Art & Design in Chicago is a local public television program presented by WTTW

Art & Design in Chicago

Painter Gertrude Abercrombie

Clip: Episode 4 | 4m 26sVideo has Closed Captions

They called her the “Queen of the Bohemian Artists,” and she presided over gatherings that included Thornton Wilder, Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins, Sarah Vaughan, Charlie Parker, and others at her Hyde Park home. But she wasn’t just the host of a salon – she herself was an idiosyncratic painter.

Aired 11/02/2018 | Rating NR

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