Interbellum: Chicago Arts Between The World Wars
The time period between the World Wars witnessed an outpouring of artistic creativity in Chicago, led by artists of the calibre of Stanislav Szukalski, Todros Geller and Albin Polasek.
The Chicago art scene was not strictly an all-boys club however; Sr. Maria Stanisia was able to overcome the patriarchal attitudes both within early twentieth century Chicago and the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church to become acclaimed as one of the greatest painters in the field of religious art. Another woman artist Gertrude Abercrombie who like Stanisia attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, sold her surrealist paintings in art fairs that took place near the Art Institute of Chicago.
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