Haunted by her experience as a nurse during WWI, Florence depicted the fragility and ephemerality of the human body.
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This collection of drawings was found amongst Florence Hasard’s belongings. Research shows that she traded charcoal drawings for her modelling sessions with a local artist in Milwaukee. It appears she used oil-colors to alter them to the state we see them now.
The psychologist on our team suggests that she was haunted by her past experience as a nurse during WWI, which lead her to focus on the fragility and ephemerality of the human body.