Background
Steppat, Leo was born on July 10, 1910 in Vienna, Austria. Son of Szigmond and Bertha (Waltersdorf) Steppat.
Steppat, Leo was born on July 10, 1910 in Vienna, Austria. Son of Szigmond and Bertha (Waltersdorf) Steppat.
Student Austrian State Academy Fine Arts, Vienna, 1928-1936.
Came to the United States, 1940. naturalized, 1945. Lecturer sculpture American University, 1947-1949. Assistant professor Sculpture and design Indiana University, 1949-1952.
Associate professor sculpture and design U. Mississippi, 1952-1954.
Director Forum Gallery, New York City, 1955. Associate professor sculpture University of Wisconsin, 1955-1962, professor of art and art education since 1962.
Exhibitions include Kuenstlerhaus, Vienna, 1933, Secessions Gallery, Vienna, 1936, Corcoran Gallery, Washington, 1942, 44, 45, 47, Baltimore Museum 1947, John Herron Museum Indianapolis 1950-1951, 52, Whitney Museum 1954, 55, 59, 62-63, Pennsylvania Academy Fine Arts, 1954-1960, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, 1956-1958, 62, Milwaukee The Art Institute of Chicago, 1956-1959, 61, Chicago The Art Institute of Chicago, 1957, Detroit Art Institute, 1959. Representative permanent collections in the Whitney Museum, Milwaukee Art Institute, also the Walker Art Center, Brooklyn Museum, Carnegie Institute, National Museum Smithsonian Institution, San Francisco Museum Fine Arts, Portland Museum, Newark Museum, Museum Nacional Mexico, also private collections.
Member of committee art education Museum Modern Artist Member American Association University Professors, National College Art Association
Married Anneliese Hilde, July 31, 1939.