Gertrude Stein

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Queer Art Takes Center Stage in “The First Homosexuals”
In the hotly contested battleground of Gender Studies, art historian Jonathan D. Katz is a trailblazer. He was the first tenured faculty in Gay and Lesbian Studies in the United States and has…
Félix Vallotton, Soir aux Andelys, 1924
The Colorful Storyteller, Félix Vallotton
In 1907, the Swiss painter Félix Vallotton made a portrait of Gertrude Stein.
Wide World Photos, detail of Gertrude Stein sitting on a sofa in her Paris studio, with a portrait of her by Pablo Picasso, and other modern art paintings hanging on the wall behind her, May 1930.
The Importance of Gertrude Stein as an Art Collector
Noted iconoclastic Jewish-American poet, playwright, novelist, and art collector Gertrude Stein (1874–1946) is remembered for her experimental use of language, her frank depiction of lesbian…
From Gertrude Stein to the Rockefellers: The Collecting of Modernist Masterpieces
Christie’s Impressionist and Modern Art specialists Max Carter and Jessica Fertig tell the story of how important works from one of the first ever great collections of modern art, formed by Gertrude…