Saul Steinberg Biography
Steinberg Saul (Ramnicu Sarat, 1914 - New York, 1999) Saul Steinberg studied philosophy for a year and then published his satirical drawings in the magazine "Bertoldo" in Milan. In 1940 he collaborated with other magazines such as "Life", "Harper Bazar" and in 1941 with the "New Yorker", after arriving in the United States. He worked in illustration for the "New Yorker" magazine for sixty years, creating 90 covers for it and publishing more than 1200 works. He had his first solo exhibition in New York in 1943 at the Wakefield Gallery and subsequently became one of the “Fourteen Americans” exhibiting at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, along with Arsile Gorki, Isamu Noguchi and Robert Motherwell. He began to participate in exhibitions in important galleries or museums and in international and American exhibitions. He used various means and techniques such as ink, pencil, charcoal, colored pencils, watercolour, oil, collage and his works are characterized by the presence of masks, since according to the artist each of us wears one. Steinberg dealt with social and political themes, human weaknesses, geography, architecture, language and art in his works. Steinerg managed to invent a truly personal calligraphy, with which he created diplomas, passports and other certificates, which allowed him to approach the world of art.
