Portrait of Gertrude Stein by Pablo Picasso

Image: Portrait of Gertrude Stein (1906) by Pablo Picasso, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City.

American writer Gertrude Stein

Photo: American writer Gertrude Stein (1935), photographed by Carl Van Vechten

American writer Gertrude Stein (1874-1946) spent most of her life in France. She was known as a major catalyst for the development of modern art and literature.