Bernard Stern
Bernard Stern (1920–2002) was a British artist and businessman. Bernard Stern was born in Brussels, Belgium in 1920, the son of an English mother English, and a wealthy Polish-Jewish bullion dealer father who fell into poverty. He trained at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels from 1935 to 1937; then at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, in Antwerp, from 1937 to 1939.
Bernard Stern
- Born
- 1920 · Brussels.
- Died
- 2002 · Marseille.
- Nationality
- France · Belgium
- Occupation
- painter · printmaker
- Languages
- French
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Bernard Stern (1920–2002) was a British artist and businessman. Bernard Stern was born in Brussels, Belgium in 1920, the son of an English mother English, and a wealthy Polish-Jewish bullion dealer father who fell into poverty. He trained at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels from 1935 to 1937; then at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, in Antwerp, from 1937 to 1939.
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He moved to England in 1940, and for a short while in 1942 studied at St Martin's School of Art.
Bernard Stern is recorded with the occupation printmaker. Recorded as painter and printmaker. Within the Encyclopedia. Connected to 4 other published records in the VALÉORINE Encyclopedia.
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1920
Bernard Stern was born on 7 December 1920.
2002
Bernard Stern died on 8 July 2002.
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