About The Artists
Zora M and Hughberta E Steenson
Defying stereotyped female roles, two sisters, born in the brand new state of North Dakota, pursued careers as artists on their own terms as independent women.
They participated in the Twentieth Century's upheavals and progress, struggling through the Depression, serving their country during World War II, one as a Sergeant in the Marine Corps; the other as a Rosie the Riveter.
After the war, they moved to the west coast where they studied art and became part of the burgeoning mid-century Los Angeles art scene.
A large oil painting, The Cosmonauts by Zora Steenson is testimony to her and her sister's remarkable life spans, from a sod house on the Great Plains to the space age.