Eberhard Steneberg (1914-1996) was a remarkable artist - a post-war painter who acted as a bridge between the first and second generations of modernist artists. He revisited the ideas of Russian modernism and as an artist created unique paintings, organized exhibitions and published on modernist art.

Steneberg grew up in the Bauhaus city of Weimar. It was there that he came into contact with this new movement in art and craftsmanship. In 1951, he moved to Frankfurt, where - "after a difficult path to modern art" - he decided to maintain a studio as a freelance artist.

In 1959, in the middle of the Cold War, Steneberg was the first person since 1922/23 to help the artists of the Russian avant-garde gain more attention: in the Carmelite Monastery in Frankfurt, he conceived the exhibition "Contribution of the Russians to Modern Art", a collective exhibition with contributions by artists of the Russian avant-garde.

He also published the books "Russische Kunst Berlin 1919-1932" (1969) and "Arbeitsrat für Kunst 1918-21" (1987).

The artist moved in leading artistic circles. His friends included Bauhaus members as well as French and Russian avant-gardists. They greatly appreciated his observations and his efforts to correct the history of modern art. In 1950, Steneberg began to paint abstractly. His paintings, which were mostly created in spontaneous sessions, were intended - according to the artist himself - to make a political statement, but also to radiate joy and meditative calm.

Steneberg's paintings have been exhibited in Weimar, Frankfurt am Main, Heidelberg, Düsseldorf, Moscow, Baden-Baden, New York, Giessen, Hamburg, Copenhagen and Lyon.

Solo exhibitions

1956 Frankfurt am Main: Zimmergalerie Frank
1957 Worpswede: Kunsthalle Netzel
1957 Frankfurt am Main: Galerie am Dom
1959 Frankfurt am Main: Stuttgarter Bücherstube
1960 Heidelberg: Kunstkabinett Grisebach
1965 Düsseldorf: Brebaum bookstore
1987 Darmstadt: Grote Gallery
1991 Chemnitz: Gallery Rösner/Brühl
1998 Frankfurt am Main: Municipal Gallery in the Carmelite Monastery
2017 Frankfurt am Main: Galerie Hanna Lambrette

Group exhibitions

1946-47 Weimar: Industrie-Gruppe Kunst, Gruppe Ackerwand
1957-70 Frankfurt am Main: Annual association exhibitions
1957 Moscow: World Exhibition in Gorky Park
1958 Baden-Baden: Kunsthalle
1958 New York: "Collecting psychiatrists"
1958 Gießen: Association of Visual Artists
1959 Hamburg: Schutzverband bildender Künstler
1959 Copenhagen: Association of Visual Artists
1963 Lyon: Association for the Protection of Visual Artists
1985 Frankfurt am Main: Heussenstamm Foundation
1993 Brussels: Brabant Art Association
2018 Frankfurt am Main: Galerie Hanna Bekker vom Rath