Gertrude stein

The modernist author was born 150 years ago but her writing still feels transgressive – here are some good places to begin

Author. She received international acclaim for being an American author during the first half of the 20th century. Born into a German-Jewish family, she spent the first part of her childhood in Europe learning several languages. Her family settled in California and by the time she was seventeen, both her parents had...

View Gertrude Stein, Rue de Fleurus,1922 (1930) By Ray Man; silver print; 8 ¼ x 5 5/8 in.; . Access more artwork lots and estimated & realized auction prices on MutualArt.

For Stein, this painting was proof of her irrevocable link to Picasso, whom she would come to regard as the greatest artist of her time. She saw the painting as a collaboration between two emerging giants: a twenty-four-year-old Spanish painter and a thirty-two-year-old American writer, two expatriates in Paris, each as yet unrecognized but both destined for greatness. They met after Stein had acquired several of his pictures. Although Picasso usually worked quickly, there were many sittings…

Gertrude Stein sure had a way with words. Many were beautiful and wise; just as many delightfully absurd. Here's a selection of slightly absurd quotes by Gertrude Stein.

Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas arriving in New York aboard the French Line's SS Champlain i...

Gertrude Stein

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Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas in the Atelier at 27 Rue de Fleurus. Photograph by Man Ray in 1923. American-born writer Gertrude Stein (right) lived in this Paris residence for 33 years, which became a salon for the artists and writers of the era. Institution: Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library