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Zulma Steele

Zulma (Parker) Steele (1881 - 1979) was active/lived in Wisconsin, Vermont, New York.  Zulma Steele is known for Painting, pottery, printmaking, furniture design.

A member of the Byrdcliffe Arts & Crafts colony, founded 1902 at Woodstock, New York, Zulma Steele-Parker designed furniture, books and her own line of pottery called "Zedware."  She was among the first artists to live at the Byrdcliffe Colony, moving there in 1903, and with Edna Walker, she designed 'mission oak' furniture "on which she painted landscape and leaf designs, c. 1902-09." (Falk, 3153)  Steele had close ties to Woodstock, because her ancestors were the Livingstons who founded the village and "were the first legal owners of the area." (Green, 176)

In Impressionist style, she, who was born in Wisconsin, showed much interest and affection for the landscape of her adopted state of New York.  She painted scenes of the Catskill Mountains.  In 1926, she married Neilson Parker, a farmer, and after his death two years later, she spent much time in Europe.

Zulma Steele took art training at the Art Institute of Chicago, Pratt Institute in Brookly   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1855 characters.]  Artist bio

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   Publications  Book References:  15
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15 Book References for Zulma Steele
Year Author Title Pages Color
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
2003 Austin, Robert Michael Artists of the Litchfield Hills
(Exhibition catalog)
132 Yes
2001 Spanierman, Deborah (essay) 110 Years of American Art:1830-1940 (Spanierman Galleries, LLC)
(Exhibition catalog)
136 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1999 Green, Nancy; Frederick Moffatt; Marilee Meyer, Richard Boyle, et all Arthur Wesley Dow: His Art and His Influence (Spanierman Gallery)
(Exhibition catalog)
210 Yes
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings Annual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design: 1901-1950
(Exhibition catalog)
622 No
1988 Falk, Peter Hastings Dictionary of Signatures & Monogram 556 No
1987 Woodstock Art Association Woodstock's Art Heritage Permanent Collection Woodstock A A 176 Yes
1986 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers 1081 No
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1984 Marlor, Clark S The Society of Independent Artists Exhibition Record 1917-1944
(Exhibition catalog)
600 No
1982 Opitz, Glenn Dictionary of American Artists 372 No
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
1915 Walter, John; Pedro Lemos Panama-Pacific Exposition: Catalogue of the Post-Exposition Exhibit 112 No
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