The Wild Heart of the West Coast: Unveiling Gluck’s Vision Hannah Gluckstein, born in London in 1895, wasn't destined for a conventional life. Raised within a wealthy Jewish family deeply rooted in commerce – her father, Joseph Gluckstein, was a key figure in J. Lyons & Co., the empire of tea and catering – she possessed an innate restlessness and a fierce independence that defied Victorian expectations. This early environment, marked by both privilege and a subtle sense of alienation, would profoundly shape her artistic vision and inform the intensely personal narratives woven into her pain…