James “Jim” Steg, now considered the most influential New Orleans printmaker of the twentieth century, only recently received this prestigious designation. A posthumous solo retrospective at the New... Read full biography
James “Jim” Steg, now considered the most influential New Orleans printmaker of the twentieth century, only recently received this prestigious designation. A posthumous solo retrospective at the New Orleans Museum of Art in 2017 titled “Jim Steg: New Work” sparked a renewed interest in his oeuvre,... Read full biography
James “Jim” Steg, now considered the most influential New Orleans printmaker of the twentieth century, only recently received this prestigious designation. A posthumous solo retrospective at the New Orleans Museum of Art in 2017 titled “Jim Steg: New Work” sparked a renewed interest in his oeuvre, focusing not only on printmaking, but also on his innovative forays into the fields of photography, collage, and sculpted wood. Steg spent much of his life as the head of the graphics department at... Read full biography
James “Jim” Steg, now considered the most influential New Orleans printmaker of the twentieth century, only recently received this prestigious designation. A posthumous solo retrospective at the New Orleans Museum of Art in 2017 titled “Jim Steg: New Work” sparked a renewed interest in his oeuvre, focusing not only on printmaking, but also on his innovative forays into the fields of photography, collage, and sculpted wood. Steg spent much of his life as the head of the graphics department at Newcomb College teaching methods of printmaking, some of which he himself had pioneered. Before his tenure at Newcomb, Steg studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and served in the Army during WWII as part of a division known as the Ghost Army, a... Read full biography
James “Jim” Steg, now considered the most influential New Orleans printmaker of the twentieth century, only recently received this prestigious designation. A posthumous solo retrospective at the New Orleans Museum of Art in 2017 titled “Jim Steg: New Work” sparked a renewed interest in his oeuvre, focusing not only on printmaking, but also on his innovative forays into the fields of photography, collage, and sculpted wood. Steg spent much of his life as the head of the graphics department at Newcomb College teaching methods of printmaking, some of which he himself had pioneered. Before his tenure at Newcomb, Steg studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and served in the Army during WWII as part of a division known as the Ghost Army, a group of approximately 1000 artists who used subterfuge to deceive the enemy with inflatable tanks and theater props. Although he was best known Steg,... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (10)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
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
Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition)
1987
Cummings, Paul
653 pages
Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986
Jaques Cattell Press
1,292 pages
West '80 Art and the Law (Exhibition catalog)
1980
Minnesota Museum of Art
80 pages (color)
Sixteenth National Print Exhibition Two Decades of American Prints 1947-1968 (Exhibition catalog)
1968
Brooklyn Museum
63 pages
Modern Art in the United States Selection from MOMA New York (Exhibition catalog)
1956
Tate Gallery
72 pages
El Arte Moderno en Los Estados Unidos (Barcelona exhibition) (Exhibition catalog)
1955
Museum of Modern Art
80 pages
Sport in Art From American Collections (Exhibition catalog)