Eduard Arkadevich Steinberg (, also named "Edik Steinberg"; 3 March 1937 – 28 March 2012)
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Personal life

Steinberg was born in

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, the son of poet, translator and artist . He had residences in

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(Kaluga region) and Paris. His wife, Galina Iosifovna Manevich (born 1939), is a Russian art critic, author and essayist.

Career

Steinberg began his career drawing live models and landscapes and later switched to "metaphysical still lifes". In the 1960–1980s Steinberg participated in the dissident movement in the USSR, which supported freedom of expression in arts and basic human rights. Steinberg became Honorary Members of the

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. Taking from the hands of

Zurab Tsereteli Zurab Konstantinovich Tsereteli ( ka, ზურაბ კონსტანტინეს ძე წერეთელი, tr'';'' 4 January 1934 – 22 April 2025) was a Georgian painter, sculptor and architect known for large-scale and at ti ...

a medal on a red ribbon, Steinberg said:«ДИ» / «Art Dialogs»: The Moscow Museum of Modern Art’s magazine; Nº 04, 2008
, p. 80-81. / «From Underground to the Academy». He also was Chevalier of the Order of Friendship (2008). Steinberg died at his home in

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from pneumonia on 28 March 2012.

Selected exhibitions

* 1992 : , Josef-Albers-Museum in

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, Germany * 1995 : ,

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, Germany * 1999 :

Morsbroich Museum The Morsbroich Museum () or Morsbroich Castle Municipal Museum (''Städtisches Museum Schloss Morsbroich'') is a German museum of modern art situated in Leverkusen, 20 km north of Cologne. History A building referred to as a castle was menti ...

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* 2000 : ,

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* 2004 :

State Russian Museum The State Russian Museum (), formerly known as the Russian Museum of His Imperial Majesty Alexander III (), on Arts Square in Saint Petersburg, is the world's largest depository of Russian fine art. It is also one of the largest art museums in ...

, Saint Petersburg * 2005
«Eduard Steinberg, Das Leben eines Dreiecks (Gouachen und Gemälde) 1970-2004»
Galerie Sandmann, Berlin * 2005
«Russia!»
– Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York * 2009
Edik Steinberg at Gallery Claude Bernard, Paris (14 May – 27 June 2009)
* 2011—2012 : «Passion Bild»,

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* 2012
Religiöse Motive in der inoffiziellen Kunst der Sowjetunion

References

External links

Painter Eduard Steinberg working, VIDEO by G. Bastianelli, 5 min. 40 sec.

Artist's Biography, Museum references, 133 Auction records on the AskArt

Eduard Steinberg on the ArtOfTheRussias
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Bilder von Eduard Steinberg

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