Leo Stein

Living well was the best revenge for Leo Stein, the art critic who took to heart Samuel Johnson’s dictum, “Clear your mind of cant.” Leo shared with his sister, Gertrude Stein, the Paris apartment that became a meeting place for the famous. Reflected in Appreciation: Painting, Poetry and Prose are their early years as American expatriates as well as their later estrangement. This book, originally published in 1947, the year Leo died, includes his reminiscences and estimates of Picasso, Matisse, Cézanne, and Renoir, among others, as well as his considered views on the place of art and literature in everyday life.

Painting, Poetry, and Prose

Appreciation

Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso(1881–1973) is the colossus of 20th Century art, legendary for his gargantuan capacities for both consuming life and producing art. Gertrude Stein(1874–1946) was an art critic, one of the first collectors of Cubism, and author ofThe Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas.

Correspondence

Pablo Picasso, Gertrude Stein

Zwischen dem 17. Jahrhundert und der Gegenwart brechen junge Männer auf Spurensuche nach Lateinamerika auf. Deren Schicksale sind vielfach miteinander verbunden, wie Puppen eines Matroschka-Sets. 1640-48: Der junge Wissenschaftler Georg Markgraf, der das Deutschland des dreißigjährigen Krieges hinter sich gelassen hat, verfolgt in Brasilien die Wiedererschaffung des Paradieses in der Neuen Welt. 1938-1973: Alfred Blau flüchtet vor den Nationalsozialisten aus Wien nach Mexiko und baut, inspiriert vom Nachlass des Georg Markgraf, ein neues Leben auf. 2002/2003: Der Student Sebastian Mold, mit einem Forschungsauftrag zur deutschsprachigen Emigration in Mexiko, wird Opfer des Mythos der Federkrone des Moctezuma.

Fortüne

Gertrude Stein

Franz Lehár

Nico Castel

Victor Léon

A definitive reference for the diction, pronunciation and translation of Lustige Witwe authored by the leading authority (Nico Castel) on opera diction.

Leo Stein

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