A Defiant Bloom: The Life and Art of Alice Pike Barney Alice Pike Barney, born in Cincinnati in 1857, wasn’t simply a painter; she was an embodiment of defiance – a woman who carved her own path through the restrictive landscape of late 19th-century America, establishing herself as a significant figure in Washington D.C.’s vibrant artistic and intellectual scene. Her life unfolded against a backdrop of societal expectations that often sought to confine women to domestic roles, yet she relentlessly pursued her creative passions, becoming a pioneering Symbolist artist, a celebrated salonnière,…