Renate Stendhal's Blog – October 2011 Archive (4)

Why Do Something If It Can Be Done: Quoting Gertrude Stein # 80

Yes, I am not alone in taking on the war-mongers against Gertrude Stein and her survival in Nazi-occupied France, with their many ignorances, lies and innuendos... For a while, I felt… Continue

Added by Renate Stendhal on October 31, 2011 at 5:00pm — 3 Comments

Why Do Something If It Can Be Done: Quoting Gertrude Stein # 79

Giant Gertrude Stein Ridiculed By Little Male

If you want to see a fresh example of how a great woman author is being diminished by a male critic, with no holds barred, go to the Washington Post and read:

Review of… Continue

Added by Renate Stendhal on October 26, 2011 at 10:30pm — No Comments

Why Do Something If It Can Be Done: Quoting Gertrude Stein # 78

Gertrude Stein a “Collaborator“, a „Nazi“?

Questions abound. Suddenly everyone asks about Gertrude Stein’s whereabouts during WW2. How come she stayed in France when France was Nazi-occupied? Why didn’t she leave? Why didn’t she and Alice get the treatment of enemy aliens (i.e. Americans) like Sylvia Beach of Shakespeare… Continue

Added by Renate Stendhal on October 4, 2011 at 4:30pm — 7 Comments

Gertrude Stein's Opera FOUR SAINTS IN THREE ACTS in San Francisco

The San Francisco Chronicle called it "a little silly and naïve," and was it? Four Saints was supposed to be a highlight of the two landmark shows on Gertrude Stein – Seeing Gertrude Stein: Five Stories and The Steins Collect: Matisse, Picasso and the Parisian Avant-Garde (both discussed in these pages). In a nine-week run the exhibitions attracted over 400,000 visitors. (Only Chagall drew more people in the history of SFMOMA, I was told.) A whole flurry of… Continue

Added by Renate Stendhal on October 1, 2011 at 2:18pm — No Comments