artsy- The artist did not shy away from presenting the worst of the human experience. In her paintings and lithographs, she captured the sudden misfortunes that life puts in our path. She once wrote, “I agree with my art serving a purpose.” And that purpose in the artist’s earliest works was to document the unpleasant aspects of life in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. – read more
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