Three Lives

Gertrude Stein (1874–1946) was an influential American writer, poet, and art collector, known for her experiments with language and her central role in the Parisian avant-garde. Born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, and raised in Oakland, California, Stein moved to Paris in 1903, where she would reside for the majority of her life, hosting a salon that attracted many famous artists and writers of the t...