The Stein Family: the Making of Modern Art
Gertrude, Leo and Michael Stein: Americans in Paris at the beginning of the 20th century, they were among the first to acquire works by Matisse, Picasso and Juan Gris and contributed to their notoriety on both sides of the Atlantic. Their legendary collection will be shown at San Francisco MOMA starting May 2011, the Grand Palais in Paris, Autumn 2011 and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York beginning February 2012.
Type (Documentaire / Documentaire fiction / Série documentaire)DocumentaryGenre en anglaisArts & culture Written and directed byElizabeth LennardIn coproduction with RMN - Réunion des Musées NationauxSupported by ANGOA, CNC, Fondation du Judaïsme Français, ProcirepDiffuseurARTE France, AvroDistributionArte France Distribution Festival(s) Sélection officielle, FIFA (Montréal, 2012)Year2011Duration52min
Our documentary will be the first to tell the saga of the Steins and their illustrious collection, a story told with joyous complicity as it follows fifty years of family history.
At its center, radically modern writer Gertrude Stein, talented chronicler as well, whose name became synonymous with avant-garde art collecting.
Press coverage
The director returned to the places where the siblings lived, unearthed period images, and found audio recordings of Gertrude Stein. She also convened museum curators, art historians, and American and French biographers.
Télérama
In addition to photographs and period films, exceptional audio documents allow us to hear Gertrude Stein, who lived in Paris until her death in 1946. (…) A documentary that helps us understand the significance of this family in the history of modern art.
Le Monde
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