Category: paris 1890 to 1940
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Gertrude Stein’s entertaining take on Picasso
Book Review: Picasso by Gertrude Stein, published by B.T. Batsford Ltd., London 1938; reprinted by Dover Publications, New York 1984. (4 out of 5 stars) It’s always fun to read reviews of Gertrude Stein’s books, for example on sites like GoodReads that publish reviews by the common rabble. She provokes a wide variety of reactions,…
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The band of palette-wielding buddies in Montmartre
I really enjoyed this book despite initially having some worries. At first it was behaving like a historical novel, because Roe inserted dialogue that seemed to be invented. How do we know exactly what Picasso said to Fernande on a certain day? That concern faded, however, as the book became better documented without being too…
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Natalie Barney & Gertrude Stein walking their dogs on the Left Bank
Book review: Wild Heart – Natalie Barney and the Decadence of Literary Paris, by Suzanne Rodriguez. (5 out of 5 stars) This biography describes Natalie Barney, a wealthy American heiress and sometime writer who lived a carefree – to some extent – lesbian life on the Left Bank of Paris, at times overlapping with more…
Heard and Seen Around Town 