Gertrude Stein (from Ten Portraits of Jews of the Twentieth Century), 1980 Screenprint in colors on Lenox Museum Board 40 x 32 in. (101.6 x 81.28 cm.) Frame: 46 x 38 x 1 in. (116.84 x 96.52 x 2.54 cm.

The Rev. David Tracy, who died on April 29, was a monumental figure in American Catholicism, renowned as a teacher, scholar, writer and mentor to thousands of theologians.

Friends had often expressed scepticism of Stein and Toklas’s closeness. Some were incredulous at how totally Stein dominated her, while others suspected Toklas had run the show all along.

Or maybe not! Maybe, to quote our good friend Gertrude Stein, “a rose is a rose is a rose.” And though we are not convinced that she was talking about jewelry, her meaning is clear—divest ...

She and Toklas were on the road (and in the air, as they took their first aeroplane) for seven months and took in 37 states. “Gertrude Stein has arrived,” announced the ticker tape in New York to ...

“Gertrude Stein Has Arrived”, read the tickertape snaking around the New York Times building, flashing breaking news to all who passed through Times Square. Over seven months, starting in October 1934 ...

But Stein’s meek, self-sacrificing mother, who died when Gertrude was 14, could not contain the domineering temperament of her husband, whose death three years later cast the family adrift.

Gertrude Stein, as Francesca Wade puts it in this masterpiece of biography, was a character of “bewildering contradictions”. Depending on who you spoke to, she was either a genius or a charlatan.

Gertrude Stein, as Francesca Wade puts it in this masterpiece of biography, was a character of “bewildering contradictions”. Depending on who you spoke to, she was either a genius or a charlatan. A ...

Gertrude Stein, as Francesca Wade puts it in this masterpiece of biography, was a character of “bewildering contradictions”. Depending on who you spoke to, she was either a genius or a charlatan. A ...

Beyond the glamour: The ‘Lost Generation’ To truly understand Gatsby, we must first understand his world. America’s ‘Roaring Twenties’, believed to be a reaction to the horrors of World War 1 ...

It was perfume, specifically the ISM fragrance, that inspired the songs on her new album, out May 2 on 4AD. “A rose is a rose is a rose is a cigarette,” she sings on Iris Silver Mist ’s ...