Marsha Steinberg (born 1946, Los Angeles, California, United States) is a Florentine artist, whose works include drawings, etchings and paintings. She is Coordinator of the Studio Art Program at the California State University Program, Florence and is professor of painting at the Italian International Institute, Lorenzo de' Medici in Florence, Italy.
Education and training
In 1974, Steinberg moved to Florence, Italy, to further her training and education. She received her degree in painting from the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze while enrolled at the California State University International Program where she received her Master's in Art. In addition, she completed a specialization in etching at Il Bisonte, International School of Advanced Printmaking in Florence where she later worked as assistant.
Years in the Maremma
In the 1970s, she began a period of study and research in the untamed region in Southern Tuscany, known as the Maremma, that was to last for nearly ten years. This is where she produced works in various media that reflect her personal relationship with nature and where Greek mythology plays an important role featured in the recurring presence of bulls in her subject matter.
Recent works
Her most recent series of paintings is called Cattivi Maestri e Donna/Iniquitous Masters and Woman, in which the artist represents herself in front of paint-ings by her heroes, the Abstract Expressionists, Rothko, Gorky, and De Koon-ing.
Galleries
She is represented in New York City by Danette Koke Fine Art and in Florence by Linea Spazio Arte Contemporanea Gallery