Martha Mayer Erlebacher

Martha Mayer Erlebacher
Self Portrait, 2011, Nero pencil on paper
Born (1937-11-21)November 21, 1937
Jersey City, New Jersey
Died June 22, 2013(2013-06-22) (aged 75)
Elkins Park, Pennsylvania
Nationality American
Education Gettysburg College, Pratt Institute
Known for Painting
Spouse(s) Walter S. Erlebacher

Martha Mayer Erlebacher (November 21, 1937 – June 22, 2013[1][2]). She attended Gettysburg College from 1955-1956. She received a BA in Industrial Design from the Pratt Institute. She also received an MFA from Pratt in 1963.[3] She is known for her trompe l'oeil still lifes and well as her representational figurative work of the nude body. She has been influenced by eighteenth- and nineteenth century Italian and French painting traditions and well as by the realist Thomas Eakins.[4]

Notes and references

  1. ↑ "Martha Mayer Erlebacher". Artnet. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  2. ↑ "Funeral Announcements: Erlebacher, Martha Mayer". The Philadelphia Inquirer. 25 June 2013. p. B06. Retrieved 20 December 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ Plous 1983, pp. 54-55.
  4. ↑ Cozzolino 2012, pp. 266-267.

  • Cozzolino, Robert, ed. (2012). The Female Gaze: Women Artists Making Their World. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. ISBN 978-1-55595-389-8.
  • Plous, Phyllis (1983). A Heritage Renewed: Representational Drawing Today. University Art Museum. ISBN 978-0-942006-03-2.

Further reading

  • Galassi, Susan. "Martha Mayer Erlebacher" Arts Magazine, Vol 54, March 1980, p. 23.
  • Lubell, Ellen. "In Praise of the Figure: The Paintings of Martha Mayer Erlebacher" Arts Magazine, Vol 53, October 1978, p 138-141
  • Cohen, Ronny. "Martha Mayer Erlebacher." Artforum International 32(5):(1994): p93-
  • Just In: Martha Mayer Erlebacher at the Wayback Machine (archived 2016-03-20)
  • Peltakian, Danielle (2015). "Martha Mayer Erlebacher (1937-2013) - Contemporary Figurative and Still Life Painter". sullivangoss.com. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
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