The prolific artist designed work for George Harrison and Ravi Shankar and turned her L.A. home into a crossroads for world music stars.
cofounded the Music Circle, an organization dedicated to supporting and promoting Indian classical music, for which Steward created programs and promotional materials. “It was full of beautiful stuff that she had collected, and it was full of people who liked to visit.”
Steward’s Spanish-style home, built in 1929, had thick white stucco walls and a red-tile roof. It perched on a hill at the top of a winding road, and on a clear day, visitors could see all the way to the Palos Verdes Peninsula. The bottom floor served as Steward’s studio, and the family lived on the top floor. Steward reserved a bedroom off the kitchen for guests.Steward held concerts in the house and cooked Indian food with guests, Rao remembered.
“Invariably, our dinner plans for two would expand as she invited everyone who dropped by, or called or sometimes her entire weekly yoga group, to join us,” artist, curator and Steward friend Julie Ault wrote in an email. “During every visit to Jan’s home, she’d introduce me to new friends, allies and mentees. She’d meet someone on the street while walking her dog and invite them into her home, and they’d become friends or dream up a project together.
Steward was born Janis England on Jan. 2, 1929, in Los Angeles. Her mother was a homemaker, and her father worked in sales. She was an only child who loved horses. Later, at John Marshall High School in Los Feliz, she served as the editor of the school newspaper. She married Frank Herbert Steward in 1952. Herb, as he was called, owned an aircraft company that in the early 1960s was working on contract with the Indian government. The couple traveled to India, and Jan fell in love with the country, the culture and the music, forming lasting friendships with prominent Indian artists including painters Shanti Dave and Haku Shah and the singer Hemant Kumar. Steward visited India throughout her life, making her final trip in 2006.
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