# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kate-steinitz
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:45:09.821Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kate-steinitz"
name: "Kate Steinitz"
slug: "kate-steinitz"
description: "Kate Steinitz, informally known as “the Mama of Dada,” was a German-American artist, preserver and collector of Bauhaus and Dadaist art, promoter, and, librarian. From 1945 until her death, she served as the librarian of the Elmer Belt Library of Vinciana, first when the library was based in the collector's medical offices, and later as honorary curator when the collection was given to UCLA in 1961."
tagline: "American art historian (1889-1975)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1932_anonym_Fotoportrait_K%C3%A4te_Steinitz_und_Ernst_Steinitz.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1889-08-02"
deathDate: "1975-04-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.5
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.405976
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B2"
    title: "كات ستينيتز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Steinitz"
    title: "Kate Steinitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A4te_Steinitz"
    title: "Käte Steinitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Steinitz"
    title: "Kate Steinitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Steinitz"
    title: "Kate Steinitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6567261"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump