Gluck Art and Identity

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Hannah Gluckstein (who called herself Gluck; 1895-1976) 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, 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 artist is 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.

Published in association with the Brighton Museum & Art Gallery and London College of Fashion

Exhibition Schedule:

Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, England
(11/18/17-03/11/18)

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Hardback
ISBN13: 9780300230482
Published: November 2017

Number of pages: 208
Width: 178 mm
Height: 254 mm
Depth: not specified

Publisher: Yale University Press