Eduard Arkadevich Steinberg (; 3 March 1937 – 28 March 2012) was a Russian painter, philosopher and activist. Personal life Steinberg was born in Moscow, the son of poet, translator and artist . He had residences in Tarusa (Kaluga region) and Paris. His wife, Galina Iosifovna Manevich, is a Russian art critic, author and essayist. Career Steinberg began his career drawing live models and landscapes and later switched to "metaphysical still lifes". In the 1960–1980s Steinberg participated in the dissident movement in the USSR, which supported freedom of expression in arts and basic human rights. Steinberg became Honorary Members of the Russian Academy of Arts. Taking from the hands of Zurab Tsereteli a medal on a red ribbon, Steinberg said: He also was Chevalier of the Order of Friendship (2008). Steinberg died at his home in Paris from pneumonia on 28 March 2012. Selected exhibitions 1992 : , Josef-Albers-Museum in Bottrop, Germany 1995 : , Bochum, Germany 1999 : Morsbroich Museum, Leverkusen 2000 : , Ludwigshafen 2004 : State Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg 2005 : «Eduard Steinberg, Das Leben eines Dreiecks (Gouachen und Gemälde) 1970-2004», Galerie Sandmann, Berlin 2005 : «Russia!» — Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York 2009 : Edik Steinberg at Gallery Claude Bernard, Paris (14 May - 27 June 2009) 2011—2012 : «Passion Bild», Kunstmuseum Bern 2012 : Religiöse Motive in der inoffiziellen Kunst der Sowjetunion References External links Eduard Steinberg on the Tsukanov Art Collection site Painter Eduard Steinberg working, VIDEO by G. Bastianelli, 5 min. 40 sec. Artist's Biography, Museum references, 133 Auction records on the AskArt Eduard Steinberg on the ArtOfTheRussias Bilder von Eduard Steinberg Eduard Steinberg profile at artfacts.net 20th-century Russian painters Russian male painters 21st-century Russian painters Abstract painters 1937 births 2012 deaths Honorary Members of the Russian Academy of Arts Russian contemporary artists 20th-century Russian male artists 21st-century Russian male artists