Hugh Auchincloss Steers
| Hugh Auchincloss Steers | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1963 Washington, DC |
| Died | March 1, 1995 (aged 31–32) New York City, New York |
| Cause of death | AIDS |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Hotchkiss School |
| Alma mater |
Yale University (1985) Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (1991) |
| Occupation | Figurative painter |
| Parent(s) |
Newton Steers Nina Gore Auchincloss |
| Relatives |
Burr Steers (brother) Gore Vidal (half-uncle) Hugh D. Auchincloss (grandfather) Nina S. Gore (grandmother) Thomas Gore (great-grandfather) |
Hugh Auchincloss Steers (1963 – March 1, 1995) was a painter whose work is in the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Walker Art Center, and the Denver Art Museum. He died of AIDS at the age of 32.
Steers was born in 1963 to Nina Gore Auchincloss and Newton Steers. He was the first of three children born to his parents. Steers had two brothers, Ivan Steers and Burr Steers, the filmmaker. He attended the Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, Connecticut and graduated from Yale University in 1985. He later attended Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine, graduating in 1991.
Steers was the grandson of Hugh D. Auchincloss and Nina Gore and the great-grandson of Thomas Gore. His mother was the half-sister of writer Gore Vidal and a stepsister of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. In 1974, his parents divorced and later that same year, his mother married her second husband, Michael Straight. The wedding was attended by Hugh D. Auchincloss, Janet Auchincloss, Jackie Kennedy, Renata Adler, Beatrice Straight, and Peter Cookson.
In 1989, Steers received a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Fellowship and had his first solo exhibition. He went on to exhibit his work in over 30 shows across the United States and Italy.
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