About the artist
Among the great innovators of contemporary painting, Pat Steir first came to prominence in the late 1970s and early 1980s for her iconographic canvases and immersive wall drawings. By the late 1980s, her inventive approach to painting—the rigorous pouring technique seen in her Waterfall works, in which she harnessed the forces of gravity and gesture to achieve works of astonishing lyricism—attracted substantial critical acclaim. Informed by a deep engagement with art history and Eastern philosophy, and a passion for artistic advocacy in the both the visual and literary realms, Steir’s five-decade career continues to reach new heights through an intrepid commitment to the materiality of paint and process.
Artwork images © Pat Steir. Photo: Elisabeth Bernstein, Sarah Muehlbauer
Portrait of Pat Steir © Pat Steir. Photo: Grace Roselli
