Some of the following biography is based on information provided by Dr. C.P. Estes. A painter of portraits, especially Indian subjects, Bettina Steinke was raised in New York City, where she studied... Read full biography
Some of the following biography is based on information provided by Dr. C.P. Estes. A painter of portraits, especially Indian subjects, Bettina Steinke was raised in New York City, where she studied at Cooper Union and at the Phoenix School. She worked as an illustrator and married photographer Don... Read full biography
Some of the following biography is based on information provided by Dr. C.P. Estes. A painter of portraits, especially Indian subjects, Bettina Steinke was raised in New York City, where she studied at Cooper Union and at the Phoenix School. She worked as an illustrator and married photographer Don Blair, and they often worked together with her as the artist-illustrator, and he, the documentary photographer. They traveled to Central and South America, the Arctic and Alaska where she did... Read full biography
Some of the following biography is based on information provided by Dr. C.P. Estes. A painter of portraits, especially Indian subjects, Bettina Steinke was raised in New York City, where she studied at Cooper Union and at the Phoenix School. She worked as an illustrator and married photographer Don Blair, and they often worked together with her as the artist-illustrator, and he, the documentary photographer. They traveled to Central and South America, the Arctic and Alaska where she did portraits of the natives. At age 24, she earned acclaim for portraits of maestro Arturo Toscanini and all 108 members of the NBC orchestra. In 1949, she and her husband moved West, first to Claremore, Oklahoma, then Taos, New Mexico, and in 1955 settled in... Read full biography
Some of the following biography is based on information provided by Dr. C.P. Estes. A painter of portraits, especially Indian subjects, Bettina Steinke was raised in New York City, where she studied at Cooper Union and at the Phoenix School. She worked as an illustrator and married photographer Don Blair, and they often worked together with her as the artist-illustrator, and he, the documentary photographer. They traveled to Central and South America, the Arctic and Alaska where she did portraits of the natives. At age 24, she earned acclaim for portraits of maestro Arturo Toscanini and all 108 members of the NBC orchestra. In 1949, she and her husband moved West, first to Claremore, Oklahoma, then Taos, New Mexico, and in 1955 settled in Santa Fe. Of her favorite subject, which was Indians, she said the Caucasian blue bloods she had painted literally paled in compa... Read full biography
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About Bettina Steinke: Books
Books & Publications (40)
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Robert Lougheed Follow the Sun
2010
Hedgpeth, Don
360 pages (color)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition)
2004
McGowan, Alison C (Editor)
1,512 pages
Art of the West Guidebook of Western Artists 2001 Edition
2001
Editors, Art of the West
88 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
An Encyclopedia of Women Artists of the American West
1998
Kovinick, Phil; Marian Yoshiki-Kovinick
405 pages
Master Pieces The Art History of Jigsaw Puzzles
1998
McCann, Chris (Author); Louis Darling (Illustrator)
223 pages (color)
Leading the West One Hundred Contemporary Painters & Sculptors
1997
Hagerty, Donald J
213 pages (color)
Prix de West Invitational 1997 (Exhibition catalog)
1997
National Cowboy Hall of Fame
194 pages (color)
Red Book Price Guide-1997 Western American Art
1997
Southwest Art
128 pages
North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century A Biographical Dictionary
1995
Heller, Jules and Nancy G. Heller
612 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)
1993
Bowker R R
1,473 pages
Master Index 1971-1993 Artists in Southwest Art
1993
Southwest Art
64 pages
The Red Book Western American Price Index
1993
Southwest Art
126 pages
National Academy of Western Art Twentieth Annual Exhibition (Exhibition catalog)
1992
National Cowboy Hall of Fame
158 pages (color)
Visions & Visionaries Art and Artists of the Santa Fe Railway
1991
D'Emilio, Sandra; Suzan Campbell
147 pages (color)
Artists of America Tenth Annual (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Denver Rotary Club
160 pages (color)
Artists in Quotation Dictionary of Creative Thoughts of Painters etc
1989
La Cour, Donna Ward
196 pages
Artists of America Eighth Annual (Exhibition catalog)
1988
Denver Rotary Club
143 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986
Jaques Cattell Press
1,292 pages
National Academy of Western Art Fourteenth Annual Exhibition (Exhibition catalog)
1986
National Academy Western Art
112 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
National Academy of Western Art Twelfth Annual Exhibition (Exhibition catalog)
1984
National Academy Western Art
98 pages (color)
The Taos Artists A Historical and Biographical Dictionary
1984
Witt, David L
63 pages
Artists of America Second Annual (Exhibition catalog)
1982
Denver Rotary Club
143 pages (color)
Contemporary Western Artists
1982
Samuels, Peggy and Harold
608 pages (color)
Artists of America First Annual Exhibition (Exhibition catalog)
1981
Denver Rotary Club
141 pages (color)
Treasures of the American West Harrison Eiteljorg Collection
1981
Eiteljorg, Harrison
172 pages (color)
National Academy of Western Art Ninth Annual Exhibition (Exhibition catalog)
1981
Krakel, Dean (Intro)
0 pages (color)
National Academy of Western Art Eighth Annual Exhibition (Exhibition catalog)
1980
National Cowboy Hall of Fame
96 pages (color)
Bettina (Steinke) Portraying Life in Art
1978
Hedgpeth, Don
155 pages (color)
National Academy of Western Art Sixth Annual Exhibition (Exhibition catalog)
1978
National Academy Western Art
80 pages (color)
Adventures in Western Art
1977
Krakel, Dean
377 pages
Santa Fe Selects Contemporary Artists of the American West (Exhibition catalog)
1977
Santa Fe Festival of the Arts
48 pages (color)
The Woman Artist in the American West, 1860-1960
1976
Kovinick, Phil
59 pages (color)
The Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West
1976
Samuels, Peggy and Harold
549 pages
Western Painting Today
1975
Hassrick, Royal B
175 pages (color)
Women Artists in America: Eighteenth Century to Present