Donn Steward

Donn Steward
Born1921 (1921)
Died1985 (aged 63–64)
NationalityAmerican
Known forPrintmaker

Donn Horatio Steward (1921 - 1985)[1] was a master printmaker. He learned the craft at the Tamarind Institute.[2] He was hired by Universal Limited Art Editions in 1966. There he worked with a variety of artists including Lee Bontecou, Helen Frankenthaler, Jasper Johns, Robert Motherwell and Cy Twombly.[3] In the mid-1970s Steward established the Huntington Township Art League printmaking workshop.[4]

His prints are in the Amon Carter Museum of American Art,[5] the Baltimore Museum of Art,[6] the Brooklyn Museum,[7] the National Gallery of Art,[1] the Seattle Art Museum,[8] the Smithsonian American Art Museum,[9] and the Whitney Museum of American Art.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Donn Steward becomes ULAE's Master Printer". Tamarind Institute. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  2. ^ Hansen, T. Victoria (1995). Printmaking in America : collaborative prints and presses, 1960-1990. New York: H.N. Abrams in association with Mary and Leigh Block Gallery, Northwestern University. p. 39. ISBN 9780810937437.
  3. ^ Harrison, Helen A. (16 June 1985). "Print Show Becomes a Tribute". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Donn Steward". Amon Carter Museum of American Art. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Donn Horatio Steward". Baltimore Museum of Art. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  6. ^ "Donn Steward". Brooklyn Museum. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  7. ^ "Donn Steward". Seattle Art Museum. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  8. ^ "Donn H. Steward". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  9. ^ "Donn Steward". Whitney Museum of American Art. Retrieved 6 February 2023.