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Florine Stettheimer
Non-competitive art for the literati, gay and polyglot
Florine Stettheimer lived in a strange world of wealth and travel at the dawn of the 20th century. Born into a family of German Jews, Florine and her two youngest sisters, Carrie and Ettie, are archetypes of the new woman. They refused marriage, lived with their mother, smoked cigarettes, and wore white satin pants. The ‘Stetties’ spent their 30s in Germany, mingling with American ex-patriots, and studying art in Berlin, Stuttgart and Munich. read more