Talk:Gertrude Stein/Archive 2

Bias in the "Critical reception" section
Why is the "Critical reception" section almost entirely negative? Stein's work has been the subject of numerous studies, and is still bought and read and taught in universities today. So it seems extremely unlikely to me that nobody has been able to find a single positive interpretation of her writing. Rather, it seems that someone has deliberately set out to paint as negative a portrait as possible. As far as I can tell, the section was almost entirely written by one user (Betempte) in 2012, and has hardly been touched since. This seems like a severe oversight for a major author. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.229.19.251 (talk) 16:59, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

Removal of off-site photo links
I have removed a number of the photos linked throughout the article as most (if not all) are wholly unneeded. Although it is tempting, no article needs to have pictures to illustrate every facet of the subject's life and that's exactly how the the photos were being used. Sections like this are a complete and total mess and really serve no purpose in the article. That section appeared to just be an photo gallery that is linked to another website. Again, I don't see the purpose in that at all as it really doesn't inform or help the reader in any way (this is coming from a reader who was utterly confused by it!). Further, the photos used in articles should be uploaded to Wikipedia in to avoid copyright problems, etc. I believe if the photos are important to the text, they should either be linked in the external link section for readers to view if they prefer or they be uploaded properly. I also reworked a bit of the text in an effort to make thing clearer. I would clean up the references but those are just too far gone and it's much too late for me to delve into that right now. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.243.33.149 (talk • contribs) 02:50, April 30, 2010
 * These photos are deadlinks but at archive.org, perhaps collapsible external media? .... 0mtwb9gd5wx (talk) 18:49, 1 September 2021 (UTC)

Family Portraits: include, PD ?
.... 0mtwb9gd5wx (talk) 06:24, 2 September 2021 (UTC)
 * https://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/shared/npr/styles/x_large/nprshared/201805/142141837.jpg
 * https://www.knau.org/post/gertrude-stein-collecting-art-was-family-affair
 * https://magnes.berkeley.edu/
 * http://a.s.kqed.net/img/arts/blog/stein-1.jpg
 * https://www.kqed.org/arts/55381/something_to_prove_gertrude_stein_and_her_siblings
 * https://photos.geni.com/p13/c4/0e/d3/68/53444839b664bf9f/stein201_large.jpg
 * https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000011913795457?photo_id=6000000016274735007
 * https://cdn.calisphere.org/data/13030/1v/k6kk9m1v/files/k6kk9m1v-FID3.jpg
 * https://calisphere.org/item/ark:/13030/k6kk9m1v/

Gertrude at Johns-Hopkins: include, PD ?
.... 0mtwb9gd5wx (talk) 06:24, 2 September 2021 (UTC)
 * https://www.oshonews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Stein-at-Johns-Hopkins-L.jpg
 * https://www.oshonews.com/2018/09/08/gertrude-stein-a-rose-is-a-rose-is-a-rose/

"THERE", Gertrude's Oakland: include, PD ?

 * https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wPTlhtqFkDo/TywclNvakZI/AAAAAAAAAig/bvEfSeZtsKA/s1600/Stubbs-Hotel-Oakland-History-Room.jpg
 * Stein’s family moved to Oakland in 1880, and lived at the Tubbs Hotel for a year.
 * Robert Louis Stevenson also stayed at this hotel, March to April, 1880.


 * https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lqNl291S7d0/TywcrIXqynI/AAAAAAAAAio/KxtDHMnzCOE/s1600/Downtown-Oakland-in-1889-courtesy-Oakland-History-Room.jpg
 * https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0h4qb-kcEog/Tywc_S4b95I/AAAAAAAAAiw/bUPyhqpoP0A/s1600/Children-playing-in-Oakland-in-1884-courtesy-Oakland-History-Room.jpg
 * https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TOj0ybZx8aU/TywdKUmHEpI/AAAAAAAAAi4/Ep5RvCAYYbc/s1600/Webster-St-Oakland-1899-courtesy-of-Oakland-History-Room.jpg
 * gertrude's Oakland

.... 0mtwb9gd5wx (talk) 06:24, 2 September 2021 (UTC)

A Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for deletion
The following Wikimedia Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for deletion: Participate in the deletion discussion at the. —Community Tech bot (talk) 19:08, 23 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Gertrude Stein by Alvin Langdon Coburn.jpg

Removed from Main Article
Gertrude and Leo compiled one of the earliest collections of modern art, owning early works by Pablo Picasso (who became a friend and painted her portrait, as well as a portrait of her nephew Allan Stein), Henri Matisse, Juan Gris, and other young painters. Before World War I, their salon at 27 Rue de Fleurus attracted these and other artists and members of the avant garde, including the poet, dramatist, critic, journalist Guillaume Apollinaire (Kellner, 1988, pp 144–45).

By April, 1903, Leo rented quarters at 27, Rue de Fleurus, Paris, and that fall Gertrude joined him there. (Mellow, 1974, pp. 51-53). During this period Gertrude became friendly with Henri Matisse (about 1905) (Mellow, 1974, p. 82) and with Pablo Picasso (1905) (ibid., p. 85-88 [piecing together conflicting accounts of the first meeting between Picasso and Gertrude]). Gertrude met Mildred Aldrich about 1904, beginning a friendship that lasted to Aldrich's death in 1928. (Kellner, 1988, p. 139-40); Aldrich introduced Gertrude to art patronness Mabel Dodge Luhan (in 1911) (ibid., p. 221) and to the art critic Henry McBride (in 1913) (ibid., p. 225).

Thanks for making this information available. T. E. Meeks (talk) 11:28, 27 April 2022 (UTC)