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Bettina Steinke

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Bettina Steinke (1913 - 1999) was active/lived in New Mexico, Maine.  Bettina Steinke is 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 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 comparison. She also did celebrity portraits including John Wayne and Joel McCrea, which are in the Cowbo   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1866 characters.]  Artist bio

Artist auction records

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Research resources

.  askART lists Bettina Steinke in 2 of its research Essays. Bettina Steinke has 14 artist signature examples available in our database.

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Facts about Bettina Steinke

   Publications  Book References:  41
Magazine References:  11

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11 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Bettina Steinke
Magazine Article Date Author Color
Art of the West The Prix de West Collection May 2003 Editors, Art of the West Yes
Southwest Art 30 years of Southwest Art May 2001 Editor, Southwest Art Yes
Art-Talk Art Show August 1999 Editor, Art-Talk No
Art-Talk Danny's Delusions February 1999 Medina, Danny No
Art-Talk Can It Be? Gender Bias in Art June 1998 Macomber, Bill Yes
Southwest Art Notable Women of 1997 November 1997 Gangelhoff, Bonnie No
Southwest Art Books October 1997 Tennant, Donna Yes
Art of the West What's News September 1995 Editors, Art of the West Yes
Southwest Art Bettina Steinke August 1995 Eauclaire, Sally Yes
Southwest Art Covering the West July 1995 McGarry, Susan Halsten Yes
Southwest Art Biographies of the 64 Artists July 1995 SW editors Yes
41 Book References for Bettina Steinke
Year Author Title Pages Color
2010 Hedgpeth, Don Robert Lougheed Follow the Sun 360 Yes
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)		 The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2004 McGowan, Alison C (Editor) Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition) 1512 No
2001 Editors, Art of the West Art of the West Guidebook of Western Artists 2001 Edition 88 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1998 Kovinick, Phil; Marian Yoshiki-Kovinick An Encyclopedia of Women Artists of the American West 405 No
1998 McCann, Chris (Author); Louis Darling (Illustrator) Master Pieces The Art History of Jigsaw Puzzles 223 Yes
1997 Hagerty, Donald J Leading the West One Hundred Contemporary Painters & Sculptors 213 Yes
1997 National Cowboy Hall of Fame Prix de West Invitational 1997
(Exhibition catalog)		 194 Yes
1997 Southwest Art Red Book Price Guide-1997 Western American Art 128 No
1995 Heller, Jules and Nancy G. Heller North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century A Biographical Dictionary 612 No
1993 Bowker R R Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts) 1473 No
1993 Southwest Art Master Index 1971-1993 Artists in Southwest Art 64 No
1993 Southwest Art The Red Book Western American Price Index 126 No
1992 National Cowboy Hall of Fame National Academy of Western Art Twentieth Annual Exhibition
(Exhibition catalog)		 158 Yes
1991 D'Emilio, Sandra; Suzan Campbell Visions & Visionaries Art and Artists of the Santa Fe Railway 147 Yes
1990 Denver Rotary Club Artists of America Tenth Annual
(Exhibition catalog)		 160 Yes
1989 La Cour, Donna Ward Artists in Quotation Dictionary of Creative Thoughts of Painters etc 196 No
1988 Denver Rotary Club Artists of America Eighth Annual
(Exhibition catalog)		 143 Yes
1988 Falk, Peter Hastings Dictionary of Signatures & Monogram 556 No
1986 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986 1292 No
1986 National Academy Western Art National Academy of Western Art Fourteenth Annual Exhibition
(Exhibition catalog)		 112 Yes
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1984 National Academy Western Art National Academy of Western Art Twelfth Annual Exhibition
(Exhibition catalog)		 98 Yes
1984 Witt, David L The Taos Artists A Historical and Biographical Dictionary 63 No
1982 Denver Rotary Club Artists of America Second Annual
(Exhibition catalog)		 143 Yes
1982 Samuels, Peggy and Harold Contemporary Western Artists 608 Yes
1981 Denver Rotary Club Artists of America First Annual Exhibition
(Exhibition catalog)		 141 Yes
1981 Eiteljorg, Harrison Treasures of the American West Harrison Eiteljorg Collection 172 Yes
1981 Krakel, Dean (Intro) National Academy of Western Art Ninth Annual Exhibition
(Exhibition catalog)		 0 Yes
1980 National Cowboy Hall of Fame National Academy of Western Art Eighth Annual Exhibition
(Exhibition catalog)		 96 Yes
1978 Hedgpeth, Don Bettina (Steinke) Portraying Life in Art 155 Yes
1978 National Academy Western Art National Academy of Western Art Sixth Annual Exhibition
(Exhibition catalog)		 80 Yes
1977 Krakel, Dean Adventures in Western Art 377 No
1977 Santa Fe Festival of the Arts Santa Fe Selects Contemporary Artists of the American West
(Exhibition catalog)		 48 Yes
1976 Kovinick, Phil The Woman Artist in the American West, 1860-1960 59 Yes
1976 Samuels, Peggy and Harold The Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West 549 No
1975 Hassrick, Royal B Western Painting Today 175 Yes
1973 Collins, Jim L. Women Artists in America: Eighteenth Century to Present 426 No
1959 Wenzell, C R Artists of Santa Fe: Their Works and Words 50 No
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