Florine Stettheimer: A Pioneer of American Modernism Florine Stettheimer, a name that echoes with the spirit of early 20th-century America, was an artist who defied easy categorization. Born in Rochester, New York, in 1871, she blossomed into a painter, poet, designer, and a central figure in the vibrant salon culture of New York City. Her life wasn’t merely a chronicle of artistic creation; it was a deliberate construction of a world…