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James Louis Steg Biography
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1922 |
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Born on February 6th in Alexandria, VA
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1942 |
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Three Year Diploma, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
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1947 |
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BFA, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
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1949 |
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MFA, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
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1949 - 1951 |
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Instructor, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
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1964 |
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Visiting Instructor, Haystack School of Art, Deer Isle, ME
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1991 |
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Printmaker Emeritus, Southern Graphic Arts Council
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1951 - 2001 |
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Professor, Newcomb College, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
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2001 |
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Died on February 19th in New Orleans, LA
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Awards
1,000 Franc Award, "8th Lugano, International Print and Drawing Exhibition" Lugano, Switzerland 1964
Louisiana Art Commission Award, Baton Rouge, LA 1966
Charles Lea Prize, Philadelphia Print Club, Philadelphia, PA 1964
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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1977
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Pratt Graphics Center Gallery, New York, NY
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1975
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Cushing Gallery, Dallas, TX
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1974
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"Prints: USA 1974" University of Pittsburgh, PA
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1973
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"40 American Prints" United States Cultural Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
"Humanism in Art" New York City College, Brooklyn, NY
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1972
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"Humor in Prints" Associated American Artists, New York, NY
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1970
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"Itag One" San Fernando State College, CA
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1968
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"Photography in Prints" Association of American Artists, New York, NY
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1967 - 1968
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"Contemporary American Prints" Fenderick Gallery, Washington, DC
"Big Prints" State University of New York
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1966 - 1967
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"Prints of Two Worlds" Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA and Villa Caproni, Rome, Italy
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1966
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Orleans Gallery, New Orleans, LA (Solo)
"American Print Exhibition" Malmo Museum, Malmo, Sweden
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1965
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Orleans Gallery, New Orleans, LA (Solo)
Print Club of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
"Block, Plate, Stone Exhibition" Association of American Artists, New York, NY
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1964
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Orleans Gallery, New Orleans, LA (Solo)
Print Club of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
"Ten American Intaglio Prinmakers" Hamburg, Germany
United States Information Agency Graphic Arts, Moscow, Russia
"American Art Today" World's Fair, New York, NY
"New Dimensions in Printmaking" Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA
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1963
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Orleans Gallery, New Orleans, LA (Solo)
Society of American Graphic Artists, New York, NY
"Prints 1963" Winthrop College, Winthrop, South Carolina
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1962 - 1963
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"Contemporary Masters" Brown University, Providence, RI
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1962
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Orleans Gallery, New Orleans, LA (Solo)
Library of Congress, Washington, DC
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1959
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Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX (Solo)
Isaac Delgado Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
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1958
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Davenport Municipal Museum, Davenport, IA (Solo)
Print Club of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
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1957
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Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA (Solo)
Louisian Art Comission, Baton Rouge, LA (Solo)
United States Information Agency Far Eastern Travelling Exhibition of Prints
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1956
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Studio-Craft Gallery, Miami, FL (Solo)
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1955
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Print Club of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
"Salute to France Exhibition of American Art" Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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1952
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Print Festival, Salzburg, Austria
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1951
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Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, NY (Solo)
Print Club of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
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1950
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Print Club of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Library of Congress, Washington, DC
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1949
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International Gravure, Paris, France
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1948
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Library of Congress, Washington, DC
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1947
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Print Club of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
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1946
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Print Club of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
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1945
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Weyhe Gallery, New York, NY (Solo)
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| Literature |
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"The Painter and the Photographer," by Van Deren Coke. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press
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"Etching and Engraving Techniques," by John Buckland-Wright. New York: Dover Publishing Inc.
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"Printmaking Today," by Jules Hellar. New York: rev. ed. Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, Inc.
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"Printmaking," by Gabor Peterdi. New York: rev. ed. Macmillan Publishing Company, Inc.
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"The New Humanism: Art in a Time of Change," by Barry Schwartz. New York: Praeger Publishing Company
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"The Complete New Techniques in Printmaking," by John Ross and Clare Romano. New York: Free Press
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"Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists," by Paul Cummings. New York: St. Martin's Press
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"Who's Who in America," 1978. Chicago: Marquis.
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"Book of Fine Prints," by Carl Zigrosser. New York: Crown Publishers, 1948.
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