Ned Stern Acrylic Painting "Robert S. Marx Playhouse in the Park," 2015

Item Details

Ned Stern (Cincinnati, Ohio, 20th/21st century)
Robert S. Marx Playhouse in the Park, 2015
Acrylic painting on canvas
Signed to the lower right
Title, date, and dimensions inscribed on the verso
Artist’s stamp on the verso

Ned Stern has been creating art since his youth and received his B.A. in Painting at American University in Washington, D.C. Although he paints a variety of subjects including landscapes, figural paintings, and interior scenes, he specializes in architecture often truncated or rendered from oblique angles, portrayed with a Precisionist style. After receiving his degree, Stern worked as an illustrator for Defense contractors of the Air Force, creating charts, graphs, and illustrations of military equipment. He eventually went on active duty in the Navy and was employed as an artist illustrator for the Navy, then worked as an illustrator for the Combat Operations Research Group in Virginia.

After illustrating for several years, he made the decision to leave for California with a 1950 Studebaker pick-up truck. He purchased a used camper that he used to travel throughout the American West, painting en plein air landscapes, and made ends meet selling and trading artwork. After years of traveling and painting, Stern spent the next several decades working for various art institutions and organizations, including the Smithsonian Institution, the Amberley Greeting Card Company in Cincinnati, and taught art at the University of Michigan and the University of Cincinnati College of Design, Architecture, Art & Design (DAAP). After the death of his wife, he eventually decided to become a full-time artist in 1998.

Since then, Stern has exhibited his work at multiple local galleries, such as Closson’s Art Gallery, Miller Gallery, the Cincinnati Art Club, the Cincinnati Art Academy, Kennedy Heights Art Center, and the Clifton Cultural Arts Center among others. His work has been collected by multiple institutions including the Skirball Museum at Hebrew Union College, the Verdin Bell Company, the Cincinnati Fire Museum, and the Metropolitan Club.

Condition

- minor paint chipping and scratches throughout the composition; texture to the surface appears to be intentional to the artmaking process.

Dimensions

Item #

ITMG991932