Women of Surrealism

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Title

Women of Surrealism

Subject

Surrealist; Abstract Surrealist; artist painter; artist (visual artist)

Description

The Digital Collection

Women Surrealists are women artists, photographers, filmmakers and authors connected with the Surrealism movement, which began in the early 1920s. The 30 artworks by 6 historical female Surrealists in this digital collection present a wealth of work by women across a century.

Featured Artists

Gertrude Abercrombie (1909 – 1977)

Remedios Varo (1908 – 1963)

Dorothea Tanning (1910 – 2012)

Helen Lundeberg (1908–1999)

Kay Sage (1898 – 1963)

Lenora Carrington (1917 – 2011)

Creator

Jessica Smith, Dominican University

Publisher

School of Information Science, Dominican University

Date

2020-10

Rights

Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic

Format

JPEG

Type

Still Image

Identifier

womenofsurrealism

Coverage

20th Century

Items in the Women of Surrealism Collection

The Courtship, 1949

Digital image of The Courtship (1949), a painting by Gertrude Abercrombie.
Oil on Masonite; 21 ¾ × 25 ¼ in.
Framed: 28 × 31 ¾ in. (71.1 × 80.6 cm)

Self-Portrait of my Sister, 1941

Digital image of Self-Portrait of my Sister (1941), a painting by Gertrude Abercrombie.
Oil on canvas
68.6 × 55.9 cm (27 × 22 in.)

Untitled, 1961

Digital image of Untitled (1961), a painting by Gertrude Abercrombie.
Oil on masonite
12 3/4 × 14 1/4 × 2 in
Framed: 32.4 × 36.2 × 5.1 cm

The Blue Whale, 1947

Digital image of the painting The Blue Whale (1947), a painting by Gertrude Abercrombie.
Oil on board
8 × 10 in
Framed: 20.3 × 25.4 cm

Untitled (Countess Narone on Chaise with White Cat and Lonely Tree Painting), 1951

Digital image of Untitled (Countess Narone on Chaise with White Cat and Lonely Tree Painting (1951), a painting by Gertrude Abercrombie.
Oil on masonite
Signed Abercrombie and dated (lower left)
5 x 7 inches.