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My Favorite Aunt Was A Bold Artist Ahead of Her Time

JL;DR SUMMARY Anna Walinska, a trailblazing artist, left an indelible mark with her prolific body of work, yet struggled with recognition both during her life and posthumously. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish ArtistsArt PreservationHolocaust ArtAmerican Art HistoryGertrude SteinFemale Artists20th Century ArtAnna WalinskaModern Art MovementsArshile Gorky

Places mentioned

New York, United States
"the large rent stabilized Upper West Side apartment"
Paris, France
"her life in 1920s Paris."
Myanmar
"handmade Burmese Shan paper."
India
"sent her off to India with a letter of introduction to Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru."
France
"expensive fabric to drape in themis en scene of her still life paintings"
Rhode Island, United States
"when it turned up in Rhode Island and was photographed for the Gorky catalogue raisonn"
Bloomington, Indiana, United States
"Renewal: American Artists and the Holocaust, 1940-1970 at the Eskenazi Museum in Bloomington, Indiana."
New York, United States
"her Self-Portrait: Flamenco (1939) joined the Hudson River Museums permanent collection"

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