Portrait of Gertrude Stein, 1906 (Metropolitan Museum New York), Enrique-José Varona
Last stop for the exhibition "The Adventure of Stein: Matisse, Picasso, Cézanne" at the Metropolitan Museum, New York, from 21st February to 3rd June 2012. This exhibition brings together the collections of modern art by the writer Gertrude Stein and from his family. Leo Stein (1872-1947) and his younger sister Gertrude Stein (1874-1946) were the first to visit the 1900 Universal Exhibition in Paris. The salons were open to those who wanted to see the most avant-garde paintings. The Steins tied close friendships with the emerging artists they defended, especially Matisse and Picasso. They dined, went on holiday with Matisse and his family, and Gertrude Stein was one of the few people Picasso agreed to make the portrait after long sittings.