Florine stettheimer biography

American painter (1871–1944)

Florine Stettheimer (August 19, 1871 – May 11, 1944) was an Americanmodernist painter, feminist, theatrical designer, poet, and salonnière.

Stettheimer developed a feminine, theatrical painting style depicting her friends, family, and experiences in New York City. She made the first feminist nude self-portrait and paintings depicting controversies of race and sexual preference.

She and her sisters hosted a salon that attracted members of the avant-garde.

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A new biography of the first female artist said to paint a nude self-portrait presents a world in which women were the main characters.

In the mid-1930s, Stettheimer created the stage designs and costumes for Gertrude Stein and Virgil Thomson's avant-garde opera, Four Saints in Three Acts. She is best known for her four monumental works illustrating what she considered New York City's "Cathedrals": Broadway, Wall Street, Fifth Avenue, and New York's three major art museums.

During her lifetime, Stettheimer exhibited her paintings at more than 40 museum exhibitions and salons in New York and Paris. In 1938,