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Barbara Quart has painted about 400 works in the last 30 years after her retirement as a college literature professor

In March of this year, she was diagnosed with cancer

Her daughter Alissa is now spearheading a project to sell and donate Barbara's paintings to others

Barbara Quart, 90, always had an interest in art, but it wasn't until after she retired that she was able to dedicate herself to painting almost daily. Eventually, she accumulated 400 paintings and as she got older, she began to worry what would happen to them — a concern that took on a greater urgency after she was diagnosed with cancer in March.

Now Barbara’s daughter, Alissa Quart , 53, an author of such books as Bootstrapped and Squeezed as well as the executive director of Economic Hardship Re

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