Gertrude Stein: Nine Facets of a Cubist Life
A review of Gertrude Stein's multifaceted life and work, framed through nine 'facets' that challenge clichés. The piece highlights her humor, her Parisian salon at 27 rue de Fleurus with Alice B. Toklas, her pivotal 1906 acquisition of Matisse and Picasso works, her 1945 reflection on the atomic bomb, her 1935 'Lectures in America', her love of painting, her constant travels, family disputes, and her enduring presence in exhibitions like 'Matisse Cézanne Picasso: L'aventure des Stein' at the Grand Palais and the Metropolitan Museum. The review also mentions publications: 'Lectures in America' (trans. Claude Grimal), 'Wars I Have Seen' (trans. R.W. Seillière), 'The Alice B. Toklas Cookbook', and Gisèle Freund's notebooks.
Key facts
- Gertrude Stein was an American writer, poet, and art collector in Paris.
- She lived at 27 rue de Fleurus with her companion Alice B. Toklas.
- In 1906, Stein and her brother Leo bought works by Matisse and Picasso.
- She wrote 'Reflection on the Atomic Bomb' in 1945.
- Her book 'Lectures in America' was published in 1935.
- The Alice B. Toklas Cookbook was published in 1954 in the US.
- Gisèle Freund's notebooks were published by RMN/Grand Palais/IMEC.
- The exhibition 'Matisse Cézanne Picasso: L'aventure des Stein' was at the Grand Palais and later at the Metropolitan Museum.
Entities
Artists
- Gertrude Stein
- Alice B. Toklas
- Pablo Picasso
- Henri Matisse
- Leo Stein
- Charles Stein
- Sarah Stein
- Gisèle Freund
- Edgar Wallace
- Francis Scott Fitzgerald
- Ernest Hemingway
- James Joyce
- Paul Cézanne
- Édouard Manet
- Berthe Morisot
- Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
- Giotto
- Piero della Francesca
- Rembrandt
- Francis Bacon
Institutions
- Christian Bourgois éditeur
- RMN
- Grand Palais
- IMEC
- éditions de Minuit
- Yale Poetry Review
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- galerie Druet
Locations
- Paris
- France
- 27 rue de Fleurus
- Paris 6e
- San Francisco
- United States
- America
- Vienna
- Austria
- Passy
- Oakland
- Baltimore
- Cambridge
- Belgium
- Netherlands
- Germany
- England
- Florence
- Italy
- London
- New York
- Fiesole
- Majorca
- Oxford
- Culoz
- Neuilly
- Père-Lachaise
- Algeria
- Seville
- Spain
- Biskra
Sources
- artpress —