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1913 Biddeford, Maine - 1999. Known for: Genre, native figure, portrait.
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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Keywords (30)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Indians, Native Americans
- •Nude Figure, Nudity
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Western Art: Cowboys, Indians, Horses, Ranch Scenes
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •South America
Art Association
- •Artists of America
- •Society of Illustrators-
Art School
- •Cooper Union Art School, Cooper School of Design, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •Santa Fe Railroad Commissioned Art
Added Description
- •Figure Specialty
- •Genre Specialty
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Artists of America, Denver Rotary Club
- •National Academy of Western Art-
Exhibition of Special Venue, Art Parks
- •Prix de West Invitational