Vida Steinert

{{Short description|New Zealand painter}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2017}} {{Infobox artist | name = Vida Steinert | image = | caption = | birth_name = Vida Isabella Vickers | birth_date = 24 January 1903<ref>''New Zealand, Cemetery Records, 1800-2007''</ref> | birth_place = Hamilton, New Zealand<ref>''New Zealand, Birth Index, 1840-1950''</ref> | death_date = 27 February 1999 (aged 96) | death_place = Auckland, New Zealand | movement = Modernism | spouse = | awards = | patrons = | field = painting | training = Elam School of Fine Arts | works = The Valley, Ponies at the fair, Road to Colville, Spanish Dancer }}

'''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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://findnzartists.org.nz/artist/14189/|title=Steinert, Vida|website=findnzartists.org.nz|language=en|access-date=11 September 2017}}</ref>

== Education == 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.artandobject.co.nz/AuctionResources/260/Cat_41_Complete.pdf|title=A+O Catalogue|date=2011|website=Art and Object|access-date=11 September 2017}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.art-newzealand.com/Issues21to30/rotorua.htm|title=Art New Zealand|website=www.art-newzealand.com|access-date=11 September 2017}}</ref>

== Career == 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 === In 1950, Steinert exhibited with ''The Group'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://christchurchcitylibraries.com/heritage/publications/art/thegroup/bibliography/|title=The Group 1927 – 1977: an annotated bibliography – Heritage – Christchurch City Libraries|website=christchurchcitylibraries.com|language=en|access-date=11 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://christchurchartgallery.org.nz/about/library/the-group/group-1950|title=The Group 1950|website=christchurchartgallery.org.nz|access-date=11 September 2017}}</ref> 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<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://findnzartists.org.nz/artists/exhibition/5/|title=Artists exhibited with Rutland Group|website=findnzartists.org.nz|language=en|access-date=11 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=We learnt to see : Elam's Rutland Group 1935–1958 : a biographical journey with Auckland artists|last=Thwaites|first=Ian|date=2004|publisher=Printed for the subscribers by Puriri Press|others=Fletcher, Rie M.|isbn=9780908943272|location=Auckland [N.Z.]|oclc=156736934}}</ref> and the Auckland Society of Arts.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://findnzartists.org.nz/artists/exhibition/1/|title=Artists exhibited with Auckland Society of Arts|website=findnzartists.org.nz|language=en|access-date=11 September 2017}}</ref>

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== Further reading == Artist files for Steinert are held at: * [http://findnzartists.org.nz/artists/artist-file/1/ E. H. McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki] * [http://findnzartists.org.nz/artists/artist-file/4/ Te Aka Matua Research Library, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa] Also see: * [http://findnzartists.org.nz/artists/publication/9/ Concise Dictionary of New Zealand Artists], McGahey, Kate (2000) Gilt Edge

==External links== *{{find a Grave|179886722}}

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