Carl Van Vechten

...case, what is the question?" Stein named writer and photographer Carl Van Vechten as her literary executor, and he helped to usher into print works of hers which remained unpublished at the time of her death. A monument to Stein stands on...

In this article: Gertrude Stein, Alice B. Toklas, Leo Stein, Pablo Picasso, Paul Cezanne, Henri Matisse, Paris, Judy Grahn, Juan Gris, and Alice B. Toklas Cookbook

...Charles Demuth, "Big Bill" Haywood , Lincoln Steffens, and John Reed . Van Vechten took Dodge as the model for the character "Edith Dale" in his novel Peter Whiffle. She was involved in mounting the Armory Show of new European Modern Art...

In this article: John Reed, Mabel Dodge Luhan, Gertrude Stein, and D. H. Lawrence

...Stein in Paris in 1913. They continued corresponding for the remainder of Stein's life, and at her death she appointed Van Vechten her literary executor; he helped to bring into print her unpublished writings. After the 1930s, Van...

In this article: Gertrude Stein, Literary executor, New York City, Fania Marinoff, Richard Wright, and Washington High School

...horse racing center). Her fondness for Iowa is also partly attributable to her close friendship with American writer Carl Van Vechten (who would become her literary executor), who had grown up in nearby Cedar Rapids, Iowa. In 1933, when Stein...

In this article: Gertrude Stein, Charles W. Williams, William Edwards Cook, Iowa, Paris, Carl Sandburg, Buchanan County, and Quasqueton

...to her joy. The magazine published sixty per cent of the novel, in four instalments. As to her friends, Carl Van Vechten liked it; Henry McBride thought it was too commercial; Ernest Hemingway called it a 'damned pitiful book'; Henri...

In this article: Gertrude Stein, Alice B. Toklas, Henri Matisse, The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, Paris, Pablo Picasso, Leo Stein, and Guillaume Apollinaire

...never sought nor received payment. He photographed many of the major figures in the arts world. His wife was Fania Marinoff, a retired actress. Van Vechten introduced Dowell into his circle of friends which included many celebrities: Isak...

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