The Defiant Spirit of Gluck In the annals of twentieth-century British art, few figures command as much quiet respect and intrigue as Hannah Gluckstein, known to the world simply as Gluck. Born in London in 1895 into a prosperous Jewish family, her life was a masterclass in the pursuit of authenticity over convention. From a young age, she possessed an intellectual rigor that led her through the halls of St Paul’s Girls' School and ev…