A New Yorker cover by Ms. Simpson from 1993, her last year with the magazine. Credit…Gretchen Dow Simpson & The New Yorker. [New York Times caption and illustration]
While modest, solitary buildings were often her subject matter, Ms. Simpson’s work was not purely representational. A former commercial photographer, she applied a telephoto approach to many of her paintings, zooming in on windows, doorways or rooftops to emphasize the juxtaposed angles and intersecting lines that characterized her work, giving it the feel of abstract art.
(Alex Williams,, “Gretchen Dow Simpson, Creator of New Yorker Covers, Dies at 85,” New York Times, 4-25-25)
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Another interesting artist! I love her more abstract paintings too – she used colour so beautifully. Thanks Jim.
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There’s something ethereal and serene in her pictures. Somewhat airless, but not in a bad way. Cheers, Sue!
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