Background
Steel, Claudia Williamson was born on March 19, 1918 in Van Nuys, California, United States. Daughter of James Gordon and Ella (Livingston) Williamson.
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Claudia Williamson Steel
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Bachelor in Art, University of California, Berkeley, 1939, secondary credential, 1940. Master of Fine Arts, Mills College, 1967.
Career
Teacher art Greenville Junior/Senior High School, California, 1940-1942. Faculty California State University, Chico, 1967-1969. Private teacher art, Chico.
One-woman shows include Laboudt Gallery, San Francisco, 1958, Witherspoon Building, Philadelphia, 1959, traveling show with Old Bergen Guild to national galleries, 1971-1984, Redding (California) Museum, 1973, Central Wyoming Museum Art, Casper, 1976, U. Portland 1976, University of Wisconsin, LaCrosse, 1978, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1979, Pratt Institute, Manhatten Gallery, New York City, 1980, Creative Arts Center, Chico, California, 1980, 84.
Exhibited in group shows Santa Barbara Art Museum, 1951, San Francisco Arts Festival (award), 1953,Oakland Art Museum, 1954, San Francisco Women Artists juried shows, 1958, 68 (award), 72, 73, 75, 76, Crocker Museum, Sacramento, 1958, 59, 60, 65, 67 (award), 73, Richmond Museum (California), 1960, DeYoung Museum Art, San Francisco, 1960, San Francisco Museum Art, 1959, 61 (award), Legion of Honor Museum, San Francisco, 1960, Mills College Gallery, 1962, 67,78, Berkeley Art Center Gallery, 1969, San Francisco Art Commission Gallery, 1972, Brandeis University, Massachusetts, 1973, Ohio State University, Columbus, 1973, Brandt Gallery, Glendale, California, 1978, 1987, Chico State University, 1979, 1987, Fisher Gallery, Chico, Walnut Creek Art Gallery and Sonoma State University, 1979, Pratt Institute, Manhattan Gallery, New York City, 1980, 1980, California Society Printmakers traveling show, 1981, juried show, Singapore and Switzerland, 1984, Purdue University, 1982, University of Wisconsin -Eau Claire, 1982, National Gallery, Bangkok, Malmo, Sweden, 1984-1986, gallery show, Tokyo, 1985, PacificArt League Gallery, Palo Alto, California, 1986, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum, 1986, United States-United Kingdom Print Connection Barbican Center, London, 1989, others Board of directors Creative Art Center, Chico, 1977-1981, Omni Arts, Chico, 1979-1982.
Achievements
Membership
Trustees' scholar Mills College, 1935. Member of Los Angeles Printmakers Society, California Society Printmakers (vice president, director 1973-1977).
Connections
Married Lowell F. Steel, August 15, 1941. Children: Claudia Steel Rosen, Douglas Lowell, Roger Conant.
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American