Background
Steene, William was born on August 18, 1893 in Syracuse, New York, United States. Son of Charles and Myra Steene.
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William Steene
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William Steene, American portrait painter. Recipient medals from Society Beaux Arts of New York, gold medal Mississippi Art Association, Mississippi Federation Art, Sesquicentennial. Member National Society Mural Painters, American Federation Art, Grand Central Art Galleries, Connecticut Gallery Fine Arts, Artist Fund American.
Education
Student Art Students League and National Academy Design. New York City, also Fontainbleau School of Art, France, Colaressi and Julian, Paris, France.
Career
Exhibitions in well known museums and galleries, including, Architectural League American, National Academy Design, Nacbeth, Milch, Grand Central galleries, Allied Artists, National Academy Fine Arts, Brooklyn Museum, Pennsylvania Academy Fine Arts. Portraits include: President Franklin Doctorate. Roosevelt, O. Max Gardner (ambassador to England), Henry L. Whitfield (ex-governor Mississippi), Lee M. Russel (ex-governor Mississippi), Doctor Harry Woodburn Chase (chancellor New York University), Doctor Alexander Evans (Yale University), Doctor Paul Phillips (president Birmingham Southern College), Doctor George Denny (president University of Alabama), Doctor William Few (president Duke), Doctor Robert House (chancellor University of North Carolina), Doctor Walter Greene (Wofford College), also such nationally known Americans as: Robert T. (Bobby) Jones, Doctor Beardsley Ruml, Bowan Gray, Frank Fuller, Irving T. Bush, Hugh Robertson, Charles Patterson, John Brooks, William Morris, Ernest Quantrell, William Dickerman, Frank P. Logan, J. P. Kimberly, Thornton P. Lewis, Scott Appleby, Junior, George Jay Gould III, Reginald Webster. Executed murals and history paintings, including: Martha Washington, Martha Washington Seminary.
Baptism of Virginia Dare, History Society, Raleigh, North Carolina.
3 panels, City Hall, Galveston, Texas. State House, Tahlequah, Oklahoma Presbyterian Church, New Rochelle, New New York
Achievements
Membership
Member National Society Mural Painters, American Federation Art, Grand Central Art Galleries, Connecticut Gallery Fine Arts, Artist Fund American. Clubs: Lotos, Salmagundi.
Connections
Married Eula Jackson, 1914. Children: Bette, Marianne.
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Died
March, 1965 (aged 71) -
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American -
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