Stephen B. Guild ’76

Princeton has lost an adored friend, Stephen Guild, of Rocky Hill, N.J., who died Nov. 15, 2003, after a long bout with cancer.

Steve graduated from Princeton with a bachelor's in art and archaeology, concentrating in art history and visual arts. He created hundreds of paintings and drawings during his 27-year career. His artwork is widely collected. Steve drew countless landscapes. His favorite spot was near the dam at the eastern end of Lake Carnegie, which his poignant charcoal sketches beautifully capture.

Steve founded Arcturus Painting, which specialized in trompe l'oeil design, color-stained concrete, and surface restoration. His commissions included the restoration of Auldbrass Plantation, the Frank Lloyd Wright house in South Carolina, and numerous projects for architect Michael Graves.

Steve played several instruments, starred as an athlete, and studied astronomy, Joyce, and Caravaggio. Few possessed as quick a wit. In art, he maintained a consistent theoretical basis to his enormous work, which he would discuss for hours with anyone who engaged him.

He lives on in his daughters, Elli, 17, and Sophia, 14, to whom he gave so much as teacher and mentor, and in the love of his wife and companion, Monica Lange. To his many friends, parents Henley and Virginia, brother Henley, and sister Susan Braun, Steve will remain an inspiration.

The Class of 1976