Jacqueline Stieger 

(London b.1936)

Abstract, c. 1970s

acrylic on board

inscribed verso ‘J. Stieger’s cottage in Beverley – her garage entry – she gave me this picture she had painted’.

27 x 38 cm.

in artist-made linen-painted frame

Jacqueline Stieger is primarily a sculptor working in cast metal, so this is a rare example of her painted work from the 1970s. 

Stieger studied at Edinburgh College of Art (1954-59), where her tutors included William Gillies, John Maxwell, William MacTaggart and James Cumming. She was drawn to abstract art, initially as applied to textiles, but her first sculpture was made from carved pine, in 1959. In the 1960s she collaborated with the Austrian-born sculptor, Alfred Gruber, learning how to cast metal, who she would later marry. 

Stieger has works in the British Museum, Goldsmiths' Hall, Leeds Art Gallery, Ferens Art Gallery in Hull and numerous sculptures in public spaces across the UK.