Gertrude Abercrombie (1909–1977) 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.

“Gertrude Abercrombie: The Whole World Is a Mystery,” on view through June 1 at Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Museum of Art, is the most comprehensive museum presentation of the artist’s work to ...

“Incongruity is the secret to art,” said the Chicago Surrealist painter Gertrude Abercrombie (1909-1977)—and she gave herself plenty of discrepant ingredients to work with ...