Anita Steckel
1930–2012
Introduction
Anita Slavin Arkin Steckel (February 24, 1930 – March 16, 2012) was an American feminist artist known for paintings and photomontages with sexual imagery. She was also the founder of the arts organization "The Fight Censorship Group", whose other members included Hannah Wilke, Louise Bourgeois, Judith Bernstein, Martha Edelheit, Eunice Golden, Juanita McNeely, Barbara Nessim, Anne Sharpe and Joan Semmel.
Wikidata identifier
Q4765643
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Introduction
American painter founded the Fight Censorship Group after an exhibition of her paintings of nudes caused a furor in 1973. She lived and worked in Greenwich Village, Manhattan for the majority of her career.
Roles
Artist, painter
ULAN identifier
500331127
Names
Anita Steckel, Anita Slavin Arkin
Information from the Getty Research Institute's Union List of Artist Names ® (ULAN), made available under the ODC Attribution License. Accessed February 10, 2025.
