Gertrude Morgan
American · 1900–1980 · Painter
Sister Gertrude Morgan was a self-taught African-American artist, musician, poet and preacher. Born in LaFayette, Alabama, she relocated to New Orleans in 1939, where she lived… (Wikipedia)
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Jezebel is throne down out of a window and is eaten By dogsToomey & Co. · $5,715≈ £4,171≈ €4,887Sign up to see
Wedding SceneClarke Auction Gallery · $5,500≈ £4,413≈ €5,134Sign up to see
Daniel 7Bonhams · $3,328≈ £2,409≈ €2,781Sign up to see
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Sister Gertrude Morgan was a self-taught African-American artist, musician, poet and preacher. Born in LaFayette, Alabama, she relocated to New Orleans in 1939, where she lived and worked until her death in 1980. Sister Morgan achieved critical acclaim during her lifetime for her folk art paintings. Her work has been included in many groundbreaking exhibitions of visionary and folk art from the 1970s onwards.
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Also known as Gertrude Williams Morgan, Sister Gertrude Morgan, Sister Gertrude Williams Morgan
Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0). See data sources & attribution.