Stephen Alcorn
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Stephen Alcorn (born September 28, 1958) is a visual artist.
While born in the U.S., Stephen Alcorn spent his formative years in Florence, Italy. It was there that he attended the Istituto Statale d’Arte, an experience that left an indelible impression upon him and infused his work with a passion for bold technical experimentation in a wide range of mediums. Mr. Alcorn’s work hangs in numerous private and permanent collections, both in the United States and in Europe. Major publishers throughout the world routinely employ his award winning portraiture and illustration, and his work has been the subject of numerous feature magazine articles appearing in Print, Graphis, U&LC, Linea Grafica, Grafica & Disegno, Prometeo, and Abitare. Mr. Alcorn’s books for young readers include Langston Hughes: An Illustrated Edition, which won the 1998 Carter G. Woodson Book Award, and I, Too Sing America: Three Centuries of African American Poetry, which was selected as a Best Book for Young Adults by the American Library Association.
Since 1986 Mr. Alcorn has lived and worked in the village of Cambridge, New York, with his wife, botanical artist Sabina Fascione Alcorn, and their two daughters. 1993 marked the opening to the general public of The Alcorn Studio & Gallery, a multifaceted workshop featuring rotating exhibits of both artists’ painting, printmaking, and publishing activities. 1998 marks the opening of their on-line gallery, located at www.alcorngallery.com.
