pretty epic thing, i guess..

1. Gertrude Stein By: Torrie Licht 5/2/08 Period 3 “ Everything is so dangerous that nothing is really very frightening.” -Gertrude Stein February 3, 1874 - July 27, 1946

2. Early Life

3. Gertrude Stein, the youngest of five children, was born on February 3, 1874 in Allegheny, Pennsylvania. In 1888, her mother, Amelia Stein died, and in 1891, her father, Daniel Stein died Her eldest brother Michael Stein took care of all of the family’s needs. He arranged for Gertrude and her sister Bertha to live with their mom’s family in Baltimore Gertrude attended Radcliffe College from 1893-1897, and studied automatic writing under William James. After studies at Johns Hopkins medical school, Gertrude Stein moved to Paris without taking the M.D. degree .

4. Paris “ Masculine, in her voice, in all her walk. Fat, short, massive, beautiful head, strong, with noble features, accentuated regular, intelligent eyes." - How Picasso's lover Fernande Bellevallée described Gertrude

5. At first she lived in Paris, with her brother Leo, and later her with her life companion, Alice B. Toklas. Alice was a cook for the salon's guests at the 27 Rue de Fleurus flat. Her salon attracted artists to discuss new ideas for art. At this time Stein and her brother started to collect Matisse and Picasso masterpieces, who later described her as his only woman friend. Picasso first met Stein at an informal art gallery established by Clovis Sagot, a former clown. He painted a portrait of Stein in a brownish-gray monochrome

6. Literature Works "A rose is a rose is a rose is a rose." In Stein’s 'Poetry and Grammar'

8. World War II “ America is my country and Paris is my home town and it is as it has come to be," Stein had once said. "After all anybody is as their land and air is. Anybody is as the sky is low or high, the air heavy or clean and anybody is as there is wind or no wind there. It is that which makes them and the arts they make and the work they do and the way they eat and the way they drink and the way they learn and everything"

10. The end of her life

12. Red Faces By: Gertrude Stein Red flags the reason for pretty flags. And ribbons. Ribbons of flags And wearing material Reason for wearing material. Give pleasure. Can you give me the regions. The regions and the land. The regions and wheels. All wheels are perfect. Enthusiasm

13. Bibliography 1. Liukkonen , Petri . &quot;Gertrude Stein (1874-1946) &quot;. 5/2/09 http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/gstein. htm >. 2. &quot;Gertrude Stein &quot;. 5/2/09 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_Stein>. 3. &quot;Wp Clipart&quot;. 5/2/09 <http://www.wpclipart.com/famous/writer/writer_2/Gertrude_Stein.png>. 4. &quot;Flickr&quot;. 5/2/09 <http://www.flickr.com/photos/kimberlyinjersey/54732969/>.