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Gerrie J Gutmann

Gerrie J. Gutmann (1921 - 1969) was active/lived in California.  Gerrie Gutmann is known for Post surrealist figure painting, fantasy, feminist issues.

Gerrie Gutmann was born as Gerrie Current in 1921.[3] She studied at the Stickney Memorial Art School in Pasadena in 1939 with painter Lorser Feitelson, a post-surrealist who painted in a more abstract hard-edged style. She was primarily a self taught artist. “[H]er subscription to View and trips to Mexico and Europe...[helped to] familiarized herself with surrealist works.” Feitelson introduced her to artist Viktor von Pribosic (1909–1959), they were married and moved to Oregon however the marriage ended in divorce by 1945.The divorce caused a custody battle over their son and in much of her work the imagery of childhood and loss are persistent.

Surrealism is visible in Self Portrait (1946) where Gutmann adorns herself with biomorphic forms that suggest female genitalia symbolizing a birth, or rebirth process.
By 1948, she had her first solo exhibition which traveled to multiple locations, including the Gallery Vivienne and Bo   ...  [Displaying 951 of 7051 characters.]  Artist bio

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