Stephen Etnier

Stephen Morgan Etnier
Born(1903-09-11)September 11, 1903
DiedNovember 7, 1984(1984-11-07) (aged 81)
NationalityAmerican
Known forPainting
MovementRealism
AwardsDoctor of Fine Arts,
Bowdoin College & Bates College
(both 1969),
Samuel F. B. Morse Gold Medal (1964),
Saltus Medal (1955),
Altman Medal (1956),
all from National Academy of Design

Stephen Morgan Etnier (September 11, 1903 – November 7, 1984) was an American realist painter, painting for six decades. His work is distinguished by a mixture of realism and luminism, favoring industrial and working scenes, but always imbued with atmospheric light. Geographically, his career spanned the length of the eastern Atlantic and beyond.