It was via the performing arts that the writer Gertrude Stein first found success, and it is in the performing arts that her influence endures. We have only to look at the creations of the dancer and choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, who developed in the 1980s a minimalist style in response to Stein’s work!

Among the famous Americans in Paris, do you know Gertrude Stein? Both an art collector and an artist herself, she was a key figure in the art world at the beginning of the 20th century. In preparation for the autumn exhibition at the Musée du Luxembourg, here's a portrait of her in 5 quotes, by the artist herself!