Fairfield U. museum gets 'transformative' art donation FacebookTwitterEmail 1of6 Maine House from Garden, 92-7, 1992, oil on canvas, Stephen PaceCourtesy of Fairfield University Art Museum, Gift of the Stephen and Palmina Pace FoundationShow MoreShow Less 2of6 Watching, 69-04, 1969, oil on canvas, Stephen PaceCourtesy of Fairfield University Art Museum, Gift of the Stephen and Palmina Pace FoundationShow MoreShow Less 3of6 4of6 Wild Horses (96-6) 1996, oil on canvas, by Stephen Pace.Courtesy of the Fairfield University Art Museum, Gift of the Stephen and Palmina Pace FoundationShow MoreShow Less 5of6 6of6 Stephen Pace dedicated his life to growing as an artist. The Missouri native began painting at 17 and worked right up until the day he died at age 91, said Cathy Claman, president of the New York-based Stephen and Palmina Pace Foundation.