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This Week in the West: Bettina Steinke and the Prix de West
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🎙️ Episode 34: Bettina Steinke
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This episode of This Week in The West celebrates the life and legacy of Bettina Steinke, one of the most influential women in the history of Western art. We take listeners back to 1938, when Steinke was sketching live performances of the NBC Orchestra under Arturo Toscanini at Studio 8H—now known as the home of Saturday Night Live. Her early work at NBC, including portraits of major radio stars, quickly earned her national attention and launched a career that would span portraiture, murals, and illustrations.
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