Donn Steward Explained

Donn Steward
Nationality:	American
Field:	Printmaker

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,^[8] the Seattle Art Museum,^[9] the Smithsonian American Art Museum,^[10] and the Whitney Museum of American Art.^[11]

Notes and References

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