Bettina Steinke
Bettina Steinke | |
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Born | June 25, 1913 Biddeford, Maine, U.S. |
Died | July 11, 1999 | (aged 86)
Education | Cooper Union Art Institute Phoenix Art Institute |
Occupation(s) | Artist, muralist |
Known for | Painting |
Spouse | Don Blair |
Bettina Steinke (June 25, 1913 – July 11, 1999) was an American painter and muralist.
Life
Steinke was born Biddeford, Maine.[1] Her father was cartoonist and entertainer Jolly Bill Steinke.[2] After graduating from Bridgeport High School, she studied at Cooper Union and the Phoenix Art School where she concentrated on portraiture.[3]
In 1937 she received her first major commission, to create murals for the Children's Studio in the
In 1939 Steinke left NBC and was commissioned by
in 1946 she married photo-journalist Don Blair and they spent the next decade traveling the world during with time she produced work for Standard Oil and the Hudson's Bay Company. In 1956 the couple settled in Taos, New Mexico, moving to Santa Fe fifteen years later.[4]
In 1995, the
References
- ^ a b "Art and Influence". Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- Newspapers.com.
- ^ Newspapers.com.
- ^ Heller, Jules and Nancy G, Heller, ed., "North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary" Garland Reference Library of the Humanities (Vol. 1219), Garland Publishing Company, New York & London, 1995
- ISBN 0292790635.