Gertrude Quastler
(1909-1963)

Counterpoint #1, 1951

Welcome to the Gertrude Quastler Web Project

Just who was Gertrude Quastler and why was she important?  Gertrude Quastler's life and career led her from pre-war Vienna to post-war America.  Alexander Calder and Richard Diebenkorn were her friends and artistic colleagues.  Quastler created in a wide variety of media, from paintings to sculptures to prints.  Best known for her printmaking, she excelled at woodblock printmaking, lithography, silkscreen and seriography.  Her prints are particularly noteworthy as unique works of art.   Each was individually inked and embellished so that no two, even from the same woodblock, are identical.

All the artworks  by Gertrude Quastler in the Permanent Collection of the University Art Gallery are on this website.  However, we have only just begun.  We are currently working with other area institutions and individuals to expand this website to include additional works by Gertrude Quastler.  As this project progresses, the full scope of Quastler's talent will be explored.

We welcome you to contact us with information about Gertrude Quastler and her artwork.  You can e-mail us at jpiller@pitt.edu. 

 This website was created by Jane Vadnal with the assistance of Lauren Longobardi as a project of the

University Art Gallery of the University of Pittsburgh.

Josienne N. Piller, Director, University Art Gallery, 2002