Bio

Sister Gertrude Morgan (April 7, 1900 – July 8, 1980) 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.

Exhibition History

Selected Exhibitions

2004

The Tools of Her Ministry: The Art of Sister Gertrude Morgan, American Folk Art Museum, NOMA, The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art in Chicago

1982

Black Folk Art in America 1930-1980, Corcoran Museum of Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, The Saint Louis Art Museum, The Baltimore Museum of Art, the Des Moines Art Center and the Cleveland Museum of Art

1973

Louisiana Folk Paintings, American Folk Art Museum, NYC

1970

Arts and Science Centre, Baton Rouge, LA.