Maurice Sterne: Life and Legacy Early Life and Education Born: August 18, 1878, in Liepāja (Libau), Latvia. Sterne was the youngest of five children born to an Orthodox Jewish family within the Russian Empire. Following his father’s death, the family relocated to Moscow but were later forced to emigrate to New York City in 1889. Education: Sterne began his artistic training as a draftsman and painter. He studied under Alfred Maurer and Thomas Eakins at the National Academy of Design in the late 1890s. Artistic Development and Influences Initially working as a painter, Sterne’s…