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 eventually to Lincoln College, Oxford. Yet, while her academic achievements were formidable, it was within the studios of the St John’s Wood School of Art that he…