The “Woman In Red” was the woman that helped the F.B.I. ambush and kill Public Enemy No. 1, John Dillinger, in 1934 outside of the Biograph movie theater. She was a prostitute and Chicago brothel owner named Anna Sage. A Romanian immigrant threatened with deportation for "low moral character, she cut a deal with Federal authorities to collect the reward for Dillinger and have the charges against her dropped.In the end, she only received half of the reward money promised and was deported anyway.
The face and figure are completely imaginary, just used my artistic license. I hope it never gets suspended or revoked! You may also notice that I added some bullet holes and blood splatter to the right of the figure, nice right?
Tags; lady in red; John Dillinger; abstract; abstract expressionism; figurative abstraction; Tom Shropshire painting; Biograph Theater; public enemy
Woman in Red
The “Woman In Red” was the woman that helped the F.B.I. ambush and kill Public Enemy No. 1, John Dillinger, in 1934 outside of the Biograph movie theater. She was a prostitute and Chicago brothel owner named Anna Sage. A Romanian immigrant threatened with deportation for "low moral character, she cut a deal with Federal authorities to collect the reward for Dillinger and have the charges against her dropped. In the end, she only received half of the reward money promised and was deported anyway.
The face and figure are completely imaginary, just used my artistic license. I hope it never gets suspended or revoked! You may also notice that I added some bullet holes and blood splatter to the right of the figure, nice right?
Tags; lady in red; John Dillinger; abstract; abstract expressionism; figurative abstraction; Tom Shropshire painting; Biograph Theater; public enemy