Mary Henry, 96, Launched Painting Career In Her 70s

“It’s a fairly normal curve for women artists, especially women of her generation, circumscribed by paternalistic dismissal and then clobbered, like everyone else, by the catastrophes of aging. But instead of fading into her seniority, Henry surfaced in her mid-70s with triumphant, joyful work … tough geometric forms filled with bright yet sour tonalities.”