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    Title

  • Portrait of Arnold and Gertrud Stein

  • Physical Description

    1 painting : oil on canvas ; 24 x 20 inches, 61 x 51 cm., + frame (32 1/2 X 28 1/2 in.)

  • Date

    [circa 1950?]

  • Notes

    signed by the artist in the lower left corner

  • Summary

    Portrait of Arnold and Getrud Stein as an elderly couple. The husband Arnold wears a dark suit and tie; he also wears glasses and is mostly bald. The wife Getrud wears a green dress and white jewelry; she has short brown hair.

  • Depicted

    Stein, Arnold; Stein, Gertrud

  • Subject

    Portraits, Group

  • Medium

    Paintings; Portraits

  • Part Of

    Arnold and Werner A. Stein Collection,, AR 25821

  • Accession Number

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Biographical/Historical Information

Arnold Stein was born on January 16, 1890 in Burgsinn, Germany to Amalia née Blum (1868-circa 1942) and Isaak Stein (1856-1906). He grew up in Burgsinn and served in the German army during WWI. Arnold became a Jewish teacher in Duisburg, and was engaged to Gertrude (variously Trude, Gertrud) Rosenthal in January 1917. He moved to Berlin in April 1919 where he continued to teach; he and Gertrude were married on April 18, 1920. In 1922 Arnold bought the printing business Lindemann and Ludecke, a graphic arts offset letterpress company that printed posters, brochures and advertising prints largely for arts and entertainment companies. Their children Marianne and Werner were born in 1922 and 1925.

In 1939, Arnold Stein was forced to sell his business to Otto Conrad. The family left Germany on July 29, 1939 and arrived in London August 12th. Their belongings were shipped to Australia, but because of the war the ship returned with its cargo to Hamburg. On October 24th, 1940, the family departed from Liverpool on the S.S. Baltrover. The ship was attacked by a U-boat and an airplane before docking in Boston. The family traveled the last leg of their journey by bus to New York. They settled in Kew Gardens, Queens, New York City, and Arnold opened a printing business. Arnold Stein died in 1974, and his wife Gertrude died in 1981.

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Citation

Portrait of Arnold and Gertrud Stein, Leo Baeck Institute, 2019.22.