Ann Steinbrocker
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Ann Steinbrocker | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1932-12-14)December 14, 1932 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | April 1982 (aged 49–50) |
| Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship (1962) |
Ann C. Steinbrocker (December 14, 1932 – 1982) was an American painter. A 1962 Guggenheim Fellow, she appeared at the Whitney Museum of American Art's Annual Exhibition in 1961.
Ann C. Steinbrocker was born on December 14, 1932, in New York City,[1] daughter of medical doctor Otto and schoolteacher Elizabeth Steinbrocker.[2] She was raised in Cortlandt, New York.[2][3]
Steinbrocker studied art at Columbia University, The New School for Social Research, Art Students League of New York, and Boston Museum School.[1] Among her teachers were Stuart Davis, John Heliker, Morris Kantor, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, and Julian E. Levi.[4] In 1953, she attended Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture;[5] where she and Walter H. Williams won the school's first prize for painting.[6] She appeared at a 1956 group exhibition of drawings at the Theatre East Gallery on 211 East 60th Street.[7]
In February 1960, Steinbrocker held a solo painting exhibition at the G Gallery at 200 East 59th Street;[8] The New York Times reported that they were "complex, animated figure paintings with social realist overtones."[9] In April 1960, the National Institute of Arts and Letters awarded her the first Rosenthal Award in painting; she was reported at the time to be "a young painter of great distinction who has not yet had due recognition".[3][4]
In May 1960, Steinbrocker was awarded the Richard and Hilda Rosenthal Foundation Award for her oil paintings; Stuart Preston called them "restlessly expressive oils" and said that "judgment must be suspended [on her] for the time being".[10] Her piece Woman appeared at the 1961 Whitney Museum of American Art Annual Exhibition; John Canaday of The New York Times described it as "chilled by ambiguous premonitions".[11] In December 1961, Steinbrocker invited Robert Indiana to a Christmas party.[12] In 1962,[13] she was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for painting.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Reports of the Secretary and Treasurer. John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. 1957. p. 145.
- 1 2 Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Year: 1940; Census Place: Cortlandt, Westchester, New York; Roll: m-t0627-02802; Page: 15B; Enumeration District: 60-20
- 1 2 3 "Ann Steinbrocker Biography & Life Stoy". askART. Retrieved March 3, 2026.
- 1 2 "INSTITUTE TO HONOR ARTIST AND NOVELIST". New York Times. April 18, 1960. p. 29. ProQuest 115008083.
- ↑ "Alumni & Faculty". Skowhegan. Retrieved March 3, 2026.
- ↑ "2 Pupils Share First Art Prize". Portland Press Herald. September 6, 1953. p. 6C – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "About Art and Artists: Exhibition of Japanese Screens Shows Development Through 2 Centuries". New York Times. November 2, 1956. p. 23. ProQuest 113691570.
- ↑ "2 U.S. PAINTERS GET SHOWS HERE: George Overbury Hart and Arthur Davies Listed for Exhibitions This Week". The New York Times. January 31, 1960. p. 69. ProQuest 115210855.
- ↑ "AROUND THE GALLERIES". New York Times. February 7, 1960. p. X19. ProQuest 115211826.
- ↑ Preston, Stuart (May 29, 1960). "INSTITUTE PRIZEDAY: Grants and Awards -- Art Elsewhere". The New York Times. p. X9. ProQuest 114985669.
- ↑ Canaday, John (December 17, 1961). "WHITNEY AGAIN: The Annual Shows Regulars Along With Twenty-Two Newcomers". New York Times. p. X21. ProQuest 115293869.
- ↑ "December 7, 1961 - - Journals". www.robertindiana.com. Retrieved March 3, 2026.
- ↑ "Ann C. Steinbrocker". Guggenheim Fellowships. Retrieved March 3, 2026.
- ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935–2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2014.