A midcentury ‘jazz witch’ artist finds a fandom in the future

A 1951 oil painting by Gertrude Abercrombie entitled Search for Rest. Collection of Sandra and Bram Dijkstra.

Gertrude Abercrombie was a bohemian midcentury painter whose surrealist paintings, newly coveted by collectors, are now touring museums as part of the show “Supernatural America.”

(Image credit: Courtesy of Sandra and Bram Dijk)

Gertrude Abercrombie was a bohemian midcentury painter whose surrealist paintings, newly coveted by collectors, are now touring museums as part of the show “Supernatural America.”