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Kate Steinitz
American
1889–1975
About the Artist
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Jos. Link. Kate Steinitz at the Cinnabar Festival, Hanover. 1928. Gelatin silver print. Kate Steinitz papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. - Alternate Name(s) Käte Traumann (Birth Name) Käthe Traumann (Birth Name)
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Artist Chronology
| August 2, 1889 |
Born
At location: Kate Steinitz
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Bytom |
| 1899 |
The Steinitz family moves to Berlin
At location: Kate Steinitz
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Berlin |
| 1908 |
Takes art classes with Käthe Kollwitz
At location: Kate Steinitz
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Berlin |
| 1910–11 |
Takes art classes with Lovis Corinth and attends Heinrich Wölfflin's lectures
At location: Kate Steinitz
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Berlin |
| 1917–36 |
Lives in Hannover
At location: Kate Steinitz
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Hannover |
| 1920–36 |
Kate Steinitz entertains the artistic avant-garde at her Hannover home; guests include Raoul Hausmann and El Lissitzky
Affiliated: Raoul Hausmann, El Lissitzky
At location: Kate Steinitz
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Hannover |
| 1922 |
Solo exhibition of paintings under glass at the Gurlitt Galerie
Participant: Kate Steinitz
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Berlin |
| Fall 1922 |
Max Burchartz and Kate Steinitz meet
At location: Max Burchartz, Kate Steinitz
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Hannover |
| 1924 |
Solo exhibition at the Hannoverschen Sezession
Participant: Kate Steinitz
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Hannover |
| 1924 |
Purchases her first camera
At location: Kate Steinitz
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Hannover |
| 1924–25 |
Publishes Die Märchen vom Paradies and Die Scheuche with Kurt Schwitters and Theo van Doesburg
Contributor: Kate Steinitz
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Hannover |
| 1926 |
Meets Katherine Dreier of the Société Anonyme
At location: Kate Steinitz
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Hannover |
| 1926 |
Writes articles about art under pseudonyms including "Annette Nobody"
Contributor: Kate Steinitz
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Hannover |
| November 19, 1926–January 10, 1927 |
International Exhibition of Modern Art Assembled by Société Anonyme, at the Brooklyn Museum
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Brooklyn |
| 1927 |
Exhibition of the Société Anonyme at the Anderson Galleries
Participant: Kate Steinitz
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New York |
| 1928 |
Writes the opera libretto Zusammenstoss with Kurt Schwitters
At location: Kate Steinitz
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Hannover |
| 1930 and 1932 |
Exhibits at GEDOK
Participant: Kate Steinitz
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Hannover |
| 1932–33 |
Takes a photography course at the Technischen Hochschule
At location: Kate Steinitz
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Hannover |
| March 1935 |
Publishing rights revoked by the Reichsschrifttumsk (Reich Writing Chamber)
At location: Kate Steinitz
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Hannover |
| 1936–42 |
Lives in New York
At location: Kate Steinitz
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New York |
| 1939 |
New York World's Fair
Designer: Iwao Yamawaki
Organizer: Kate Steinitz
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New York |
| 1939 |
Organizes exhibitions at the Friendship House
Organizer: Kate Steinitz
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New York |
| 1942–75 |
Lives in Los Angeles
At location: Kate Steinitz
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Los Angeles |
| 1944 |
Becomes an American citizen
At location: Kate Steinitz
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Los Angeles |
| 1945–61 |
Works as a librarian at the Elmer Belt Library of Vinciana
At location: Kate Steinitz
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Los Angeles |
| 1958 |
Publishes the book Leonardo da Vinci's Trattato della Pittura
Contributor: Kate Steinitz
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Copenhagen |
| April 7, 1975 |
Dies
At location: Kate Steinitz
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Los Angeles |
