Juliette Steele - Historic painting of San Francisco Art Institute
A historic painting of San Francisco Art Institute by woman artist Juliette Eleanor Wilm Steele.
Juliette Steele, (1909-1980) was an American painter, printmaker and educator. She studied art and fashion design at the Traphagen School of Design in New York during the late 1920s. In the 1940s she moved to San Francisco, CA and enrolled in the San Francisco State College earning her Bachelor of Art degree. She earned her Master of Fine Arts from Stanford University and continued her studies at the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco where she studied with Ray Bertrand and Clay Spohn. In 1948 Steele studied with Stanley William Hayter and learned the process of intaglio printmaking. The following year Steele taught printmaking at the California School of Fine Arts.
Steele first exhibited with the San Francisco Art Association in 1945. She continued to exhibit her works at various venues throughout the 1940s and 50s.
Steele was a member of, and exhibited with the San Francisco Art Association, the San Francisco Society of Women Artists, and the Laguna Beach Art Association, and her works are in the collections of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. and the Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts.
This work is a historic painting by a woman modernist. It depicts the courtyard and fountain of the now defunct San Francisco Art Institute. SFAI was home to many California artist, but was permanently closed last year, 2022. he Courtyard (San Francisco Art Institute)’
Oil on artist’s board.
Measures 19.5 x 15.5 inches sight size, and 24.5 x 20.5 x 1.25 inches overall.
Great condition. Recently cleaned, and housed in a contemporary frame.
Purchased from the collection of a Los Angeles area dealer.
Singed lower right.
