Bernard Joseph Steffen
American artist
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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, US |
| Died | July 10, 1980 (aged 73) Flushing, New York, US |
| Known for | Painter, printmaker |
Biography
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, in Flushing, New York.[2]
His work is in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago,[7] the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco,[8] the Library of Congress,[9] the Metropolitan Museum of Art,[10] the National Gallery of Art,[11] the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,[12] the Smithsonian American Art Museum,[2] the Whitney Museum of American Art.[6] and the Worcester Art Museum.[13]
Gallery
Blown Soil, 1930s
Dusty Plowing, c. 1939
Windy Day, c. 1935-1943
