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Bettina Steinke

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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Artist artworks for sale and wanted

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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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