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Gertrude’s Flowers 


‘Gertrude’s Flowers’ grew from a preoccupation with the extraordinary art collection amassed by the Gertrude Stein and her brother, Leo, in a very short period of time before the First World War.  The title suggests that Gertrude Stein’s gift to posterity was in fact the art collection, rather than her almost impenetrable prose!

After two or three years of study, Maggie began to piece together a very unusual story of a brother and sister, both devoted and competing, who helped to wake Paris to the world of modern art. The lecture illustrates that story, with images and anecdotes, and shows that things are never quite what they seem.


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  • About
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    • Artists >
      • Manet
      • Edgar Degas
      • Pierre Bonnard
      • Henri Matisse
      • Francis Bacon
      • Christopher Wood
      • Sidney Nolan
    • Great Collectors >
      • Sergey Shchukin
      • Gertrude Stein
    • Renaissance >
      • Early Renaissance Art Florence
      • Painters of Perfection
      • Ten Treasures of the Uffizi
      • Portinari Altarpiece
    • General Subjects >
      • Talking Pictures
      • The Art Book
      • The nude in art
      • Portraiture
    • South West Region >
      • Why St Ives?
      • Dartington Hall
      • House for Mr Curry
  • Courses
  • Calendar 2020
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