BOSTON — Gloria Stoll Karn nearly trashed her high school artwork back in the 1940s, figuring her art career was over before it even started. But thanks to a janitor with an artistic eye, she ended up smashing gender barriers instead. Stoll Karn , 94, plans to attend Saturday’s opening. “There were certain conventions in pulp illustrations — they were steamy, risque and racy — and Gloria created women who fell into those conventions. In fact, she’s probably more proud of her later works, primarily portraits, even though the pulp work brought her more attention.

Source: National Post February 09, 2018 05:03 UTC