Bettina Steinke (1913-1999) was a portrait painter in New York, New York. During World War II, she painted portraits for the United States War Department and was a member of The Circus Saints and Sinners Club of America (CSSCA), a national organization that raises money for local charities.
After ten years as a commercial illustrator Steinke's World War II portraits included subjects President Franklin Roosevelt, Generals Douglas MacArthur and Henry "Hap" Arnold, Admiral Chester Nimitz, and Mme. Chiang Kai-Shek.
Steinke became involved with the National Cowboy Hall of Fame (NCHF) in Oklahoma City during the 1960s, and was a founding member of the National Academy of Western Art. The NCHF held a retrospective of her work in 1995 and in 1996 Steinke received the John Singer Sargent Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Society of Portrait Artists.