Howard Storm Acrylic Painting of Seated Female Nude, Late 20th Century

Item Details

Howard Storm (American, born 1946)
Seated female nude, late 20th century
Acrylic on canvas
Unsigned

Born in Massachusetts, Howard Storm is a distinguished painter and educator who served as Chair of the Art Department at Northern Kentucky University for twenty years. After earning his MFA from the University of California, Berkeley, Storm’s early career was defined by an intellectual worldview focused on academic and professional achievement. However, while leading a faculty art tour in Paris in 1985, he suffered a life-threatening medical emergency. His subsequent near-death experience – a journey described as a transition from darkness into an encounter with transformative light – completely reshaped his life, leading him to a new calling as a minister in the United Church of Christ and a missionary.

Today, Storm is a celebrated author best known for his book My Descent Into Death, which chronicles his shift from a secular perspective to one of deep conviction. His artwork serves as a visual extension of this journey, acting as a bridge between the physical and the eternal. Moving away from his earlier focus, his current paintings explore universal themes of love, grace, and the ‘marvel of the world beyond.’ By blending earthly structures with ethereal inspirations, Storm’s work invites viewers of all backgrounds to reflect on the beauty of the human spirit and the profound mystery of our existence.

Condition

- accretions; scattered craquelure; abrasions to edges; patched tear to left arm of figure; nicks and abrasions to frame; toning, foxing, and debris accumulation to canvas verso.

Dimensions

- measures frame.

• Item not examined outside of mounting.

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Item #

ITMGS51829