Welcome to the Sabby Painter Podcast, the Podcast for Artists Who Mean Business.

Here's your host, Antrice Wood.

Hello, it's Antries, and welcome to another episode of the Savvy Painter Podcast.

I am very honored to have Jean Stern with me on the show.

Jean is a recognized authority on California Impressionism, an art historian, and he has extensive experience

in the field as an author, curator, lecturer, and teacher.

Sean has been the executive director of the Irvine Museum of Art since its inception in January 1993,

and has established a national presence for the Irvine Museum in the fields of California art and history

through a noteworthy international series of books, exhibitions, lectures, and video documentaries.

Earlier this year, Jean received a Lifetime Achievement Award

from the Planer Painters of America.

Jean, it's a pleasure and an honor to have you on the show.

Thank you so much for being here.

Well, I'm delighted, Antrice, and I'm honored to be asked to be on your show.

I know that you come from a family that was and is heavily involved in the arts.

So it's maybe not a huge surprise

that you pursued a arts related career,

but I'm curious if you remember when you fell in love with California Impressionism was there a particular moment or maybe a particular painting that stands out?

Well actually I didn't I never wanted to be an art dealer. My father was an art dealer.

I have two brothers who are currently art dealers and their own galleries and none of us was in the art at the beginning. I was an art history

teacher. My brother George was a gallery in Hollywood was a lawyer and my brother

Louis was a wine and my brother Louis

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