"Pat Steir was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1938 to cash-strapped parents who'd tried and failed to become artists-yet encouraged her pursuits."
"In 1975, she quit teaching and returned to New York after traveling to Paris with the minimalist Sol LeWitt. They helped co-found the nonprofit art bookstore Printed Matter in 1976."
"Steir's literary connections deepened the following year, when she joined 18 other artists in forming the feminist art journal Heresies."
"Around the time of her debut museum show at Washington, D.C.'s Corcoran Gallery of Art in 1973, Steir started creating her first body of work to achieve true abstraction."
Pat Steir, a prominent New York-based printmaker and painter, died at the age of 87. Born in Newark, New Jersey, in 1938, she pursued art despite her parents' struggles. Steir studied at Pratt Institute and participated in significant exhibitions. She worked in publishing to support her art career and later taught at various institutions. In 1975, she returned to New York, co-founding the nonprofit art bookstore Printed Matter and contributing to the feminist art journal Heresies. Her artistic journey included a notable debut at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in 1973.
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