Vida Steinert
Vida Steinert | |
|---|---|
| Born | Vida Isabella Vickers 24 January 1903[1] |
| Died | 27 February 1999 (aged 96) Auckland, New Zealand |
| Education | Elam School of Fine Arts |
| Known for | painting |
| Notable work | The Valley, Ponies at the fair, Road to Colville, Spanish Dancer |
| Movement | Modernism |
Vida Isabella Steinert (née Vickers; 24 January 1903 – 27 February 1999) was a New Zealand painter, born in Hamilton, New Zealand. Also known as Vida Isabella Vickers, Vida Isabella Steinert, or Vida Steinhart.[3]
Education
[edit | edit source]A graduate of the Elam School of Fine Arts, Auckland, Steinert was part of the Rutland Group of painters, alongside Jack Crippen and Ruth Coyle.[4] During her career she was based in Auckland, and associated with painters Charles Tole, Bessie Christie, Helen Brown, Joan Lillicrap, Joycelyn Harrison-Smith, and Alison Pickmer.[5]
Career
[edit | edit source]A modernist painter, her work often depicted life in New Zealand, specifically local people and landscapes. Steinert worked primarily in oils, watercolors, and pencils. Her works include: The Valley; Ponies at the fair; Road to Colville; and Spanish Dancer.
Exhibitions
[edit | edit source]In 1950, Steinert exhibited with The Group,[6][7] an informal art association from Christchurch, New Zealand, that formed to provide a freer alternative to the Canterbury Society of Arts. Steinert also exhibited with the Rutland Group[8][9] and the Auckland Society of Arts.[10]
References
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- ^ New Zealand, Birth Index, 1840-1950
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Further reading
[edit | edit source]Artist files for Steinert are held at:
- E. H. McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
- Te Aka Matua Research Library, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Also see:
- Concise Dictionary of New Zealand Artists, McGahey, Kate (2000) Gilt Edge
External links
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- 1903 births
- 1999 deaths
- New Zealand painters
- Elam Art School alumni
- People from Hamilton, New Zealand
- People associated with the Rutland Group
- University of Auckland alumni
- New Zealand women painters
- People associated with the Auckland Society of Arts
- 20th-century New Zealand women artists
- People associated with The Group (New Zealand art)
- New Zealand painter stubs