Bernard Joseph Steffen (1907 – 1980) was an American artist known for his lithographs. He was part of the American Scene and worked at the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration.
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| Born | November 24, 1907 Neodesha, Kansas |
| Died | July 10, 1980 (aged 73) Flushing, New York |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Painter, printmaker |
Biography edit
Steffen was born on November 24, 1907[1] in Neodesha, Kansas.[2] He attended the Kansas City Art Institute and the Art Students League of New York. His teachers included Thomas Hart Benton.[1][3]
He created lithographs for the New York Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration.[3] In 1938 he painted the mural Neodesha’s First Inhabitants for the Neodesha Post Office.[4][1] Steffen's work was included in 1944 Dallas Museum of Art exhibition of the National Serigraph Society.[5] He was also included in the Whitney Museum of American Arts 1940 and 1942 Annual Exhibition Contemporary American Painting.[6]
Steffen died on July 10, 1980[7] in Flushing, New York.[2]
His work is in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago,[8] the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco,[9] the Library of Congress,[10] the Metropolitan Museum of Art,[11] the National Gallery of Art,[12] the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,[13] the Smithsonian American Art Museum,[2] the Whitney Museum of American Art.[6] and the Worcester Art Museum.[14]
Gallery edit
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Blown Soil, 1930s -
Dusty Plowing, c. 1939 -
Windy Day, c. 1935-1943
References edit
- ^ a b c "Bernard Joseph Steffen". AskArt. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
- ^ a b c "Bernard Steffen". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
- ^ a b Benton, Thomas Hart; Steffen, Benard Joseph; Curry, John Steuart; Jones, Joe; Bacon, Peggy; Wolfe, Meyer; James, E. Allen; Baker, James; Gág, Wanda; Leighton, Clare; Taylor, Prentiss; White, Elizabeth (October 20, 1999). "The American Scene - Life of the People: Realist Prints and Drawings from the Ben and Beatrice Goldstein Collection, 1912-1948 | Exhibitions". Library of Congress. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
- ^ ""Neodesha's First Inhabitants"". Living New Deal. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
- ^ "National Serigraph Society Exhibition | Dallas Museum of Art". Dallas Museum of Art. Retrieved July 8, 2022.
- ^ a b "Bernard Joseph Steffen". whitney.org. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
- ^ "Bernard Joseph Steffen (1907-1980)". Find a Grave. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
- ^ "Bernard Joseph Steffen". The Art Institute of Chicago. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
- ^ "Haying - Bernard Steffen, Associated American Artists Inc". FAMSF. May 8, 2015. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
- ^ Steffen, Bernard Joseph (1933). "Dusty plowing". Library of Congress. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
- ^ "Desolation". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
- ^ "Bernard Joseph Steffen". National Gallery of Art. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
- ^ "Bernard J. Steffen". Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
- ^ "Bernard Steffen". Worcester Art Museum. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
External links edit
Media related to Bernard Joseph Steffen at Wikimedia Commons
