Visitors are greeted at the entrance to the exhibit by a cascading series of verbal and visual portraits: the headline from an April 1935 issue of the San Francisco Examiner: “Gertrude Stein arrives ...

Gertrude Stein, by Felix Edouart Vallotton ... Two word portraits written by Stein are printed on the gallery’s walls. An audio recording of Stein reading the word portraits echoes throughout ...

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Gertrude Stein, once one of the doyennes of American letters, is the center of two concurrent exhibitions in San Francisco. Both tread some familiar territory, like her friendship and patronage of ...

Gertrude Stein, whose family prospered in the San Francisco real estate market and streetcar business late in the 19th century, used her money to buy paintings by Matisse and Picasso long before ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. When Gertrude Stein’s friend and Paris neighbour Pablo Picasso completed her portrait in 1906, she was 32 ...

Gertrude Stein, doyenne of American letters, is the center of two exhibitions in San Francisco. Gertrude Stein Through Artists' Eyes Gertrude Stein, once one of the doyennes of American letters ...