Gluck : art and identity /

Hannah Gluckstein was a distinctive, original voice in the early evolution of modern art in Britain. This handsome book presents a major reassessment of Gluck's life and work, examining, among other things, the artist's numerous personal relationships and contemporary notions of gender and...

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Uniform Title:Gluck (Yale University Press)
Other Authors: De La Haye, Amy (Editor), Pel, Martin (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven, Connecticut : Yale University Press, 2017.
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Summary:Hannah Gluckstein was a distinctive, original voice in the early evolution of modern art in Britain. This handsome book presents a major reassessment of Gluck's life and work, examining, among other things, the artist's numerous personal relationships and contemporary notions of gender and social history. Gluck's paintings comprise a full range of artistic genres, still life, landscape and portraiture, as well as images of popular entertainers. Financially independent and somewhat freed from social convention, Gluck highlighted her sexual identity, cutting her hair short and dressing as a man, and the artistis known for a powerful series of self-portraits that played with conventions of masculinity and femininity. Richly illustrated, this volume is a timely and significant contribution to gender studies and to the understanding of a complex and important modern painter.
Item Description:Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, 18 Noverber 2017-11 March 2018.
Physical Description:208 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 26 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780300230482
0300230486