Medallion (YouWe), 1937

Hannah Gluckstein, aka Gluck, born to a wealthy British family, become an artist with a string of high-profile lovers – and created emotive, humanistic paintings.

Contance Spry, a florist and also her lover, introduced Gluck to American socialite Nesta Obermer (pictured here in a dual portrait with the artist), who she fell in love with. This painting was later used as the cover of Radclyffe Hall’s 1928 novel The Well of Loneliness, about a lesbian relationship.