A Catalyst Of Modern Art

Gertrude Stein - A Catalyst of Modern Art is the biography of Gertrude Stein, an American writer who spent most of her life in France, and who became a catalyst in the development of modern art and literature. Her life was marked by two primary relationships, the first with her brother Leo Stein, from 1874-1914 (Gertrude and Leo), and the second with Alice B. Toklas, from 1907 until Stein's death in 1946 (Gertrude and Alice). Stein shared her salon at 27 rue de Fleurus, Paris, first with Leo and then with Alice. Throughout her lifetime, Stein cultivated significant tertiary relationships with well-known members of the avant garde artistic and literary world of her time. Much of Gertrude Stein's fame derives from a private modern art gallery she assembled, from 1904 to 1913. Gertrude Stein - A Catalyst of Modern Art is highly recommended for those interested in learning more about this admired writer.