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The Great British Art Tour: Gluck shapes herself with gender defiance
With public art collections closed we are bringing the art to you, exploring hidden gems from across the country in partnership with Art UK. Today’s pick: a Gluck self-portrait at the National Portrait Gallery
Gluck (detail), 1942, oil on canvas, Gluck (1895–1978) Photograph: National Portrait Gallery, London
Gluck (detail), 1942, oil on canvas, Gluck (1895–1978) Photograph: National Portrait Gallery, London
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The artist Gluck consistently broke gender norms. She wore masculine clothes, cut her hair short and smoked a pipe and, in 1918, in her early 20s, adopted the genderless name Gluck (“no prefix, suffix or quotes”, as she asserted). Although this self-portrait of 1942 is small in scale, as was much of Gluck’s work, it has tremendous presence