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Gerrie Gutmann (1921 - 1969)She studied at the Stickney Memorial Art School in Pasadena with Lorser Feitelson; otherwise, she was a self-taught artist. Gutmann explored many painting styles, Her divorce from Victor Von Probosic caused a custody battle over their son, and in much of her work, the imagery of childhood and loss is persistent. Her style ranged from the early Flemish masters to the fantastic to the surreal. During the 1950s, when many West coast artists abandoned imagery for abstraction, Gutmann rejected the contemporaneous trend of Bay Area Abstract Expressionism and isolated herself from other painters.Try it!
