Maurice Jay Stein
Born 1898, New York, NY
Oil on canvas framed, excellent condition, Roses in a bowl, 20 by 16 inches.
Studied: Cooper Union; Pratt Inst., City College New York; Acad. Venice; Columbia Univ.
Exhibited: United Irish Charities, New York, 1962; Nat. Soc. Arts & Letters, 1963; Farnsworth Mus., Rockland, 1963 & 1964; Nat. Soc. Arts & Award Show, New York, 1967; 20 Selected Professionals, March of Dimes, 1968. Awards: Grumbacher award of merit, 1961; first prize gold medal, United Irish Co. Charities, Hunter College 30th Art Exhib., 1962; gold medal for year, Catholic Fine Arts Soc., 1970
Member: Kappi Pi (hon. member); Royal Soc. Arts (fellow); Nat. Soc. Arts & Letters (treasurer, 1966); Catholic Fine Arts Soc. (hon. member)
Work: Seaman & Int. Inst. Gallery, New York; Univ. Maine, Orono; St. Peters Episcopal Church, Rockland, ME; Yeshiva Univ., New York; College John Hamilton Gillespie Mus., Sarasota, FLa. Commissions: portraits, Dr. Jonas E. Salk, Virus Research, Univ. Pittsburgh, 1959, Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, USA, 1960 & Lt. Gen. August Shomburg, USA, 1961; Christ, St. Peters Episcopal Church, 1968; Profet Micah, Temple Judea, Manhasset, NY, 1970.
