Maurice Sterne (Latvian: Moriss Šterns, 1877 or 1878[a] – July 23, 1957) was an American sculptor and painter remembered today for his association with philanthropist Mabel Dodge Luhan, to whom he was married from 1916 to 1923.

[2] He began his career as a draftsman and painter, and critics noted the similarity of his work, in its volume and weight, to sculpture.

In the late 1890s, Sterne studied under Alfred Maurer and Thomas Eakins at the National Academy of Design, and then traveled widely in Europe and the Far East.

From 1911 to 1914 he and his friend Karli Sohn-Rethel, a German painter, traveled together to India, the Far East and settled in Bali to paint and sketch, which further informed his later work.

[5] Sterne was one of a dozen sculptors invited to compete in the Pioneer Woman statue competition in 1927,[6] which he failed to win.