Woman with a Hat. Matisse
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art usually has some sort of blockbuster exhibition during the summer, and this year is no exception. "The Steins Collect: Matisse, Picasso and the Parisian Avant-Garde" brings together masterpieces from avant-garde painters like Cezanne, Renoir, Toulouse de Lautrec and of course, the stars of the exhibit, Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso.
The exhibit consists entirely of the private collection of the three Stein siblings—the writer Gertrude Stein, and her brothers Leo and Michael, as well as Michael's sister Sarah.
The exhibit is expertly curated, with each room devoted to a time and place where the Steins lived in Paris; for example, the first room has the address "27, rue de Fleurus" on the wall, and the paintings are displayed more or less as they were in Gertrude Stein's home at the time. So throughout the exhibit, we get to see how the Steins' personal relationships with the artists they collected shaped their lives. Matisse became good friends with Michael and Sarah Stein, and painted several portraits of them and their son. Among the famous works on display include Matisse's "Woman with a Hat," "Blue Nude," and Picasso's "Portrait of Gertrude Stein." Art lovers would be remiss not to see this exhibit.
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