Martha Mayer Erlebacher
Self Portrait, 2011, Nero pencil on paper
Born(1937-11-21)November 21, 1937
DiedJune 22, 2013(2013-06-22) (aged 75)
NationalityAmerican
Known forPainting
SpouseWalter S. Erlebacher

Martha Mayer Erlebacher (November 21, 1937 June 22, 2013[1][2]) was an American painter. She attended Gettysburg College from 1955 to 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'œil still lifes and well as her representational figurative work of the nude body. She was influenced by eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Italian and French painting traditions and well as by the realist Thomas Eakins.[4]

As a leading American realistic artist, she has exhibited her work over the past four decades at renowned art galleries in New York, Chicago, and Philadelphia.[5]

Erlebacher's work was used on the cover of The Figure: Painting Drawing and Sculpture, Contemporary Perspectives (2014).[6]

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. Free access icon
  3. Plous 1983, pp. 54–55.
  4. Cozzolino 2012, pp. 266–267.
  5. "Artists - Marth Mayer Erlebacher (1937-2013)". Sullivan Goss. Retrieved 2020-07-27.
  6. Seed, John (30 September 2014). "Contemporary Art's Body Language". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 23 August 2022.

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" (PDF). Archived from the original on March 20, 2016. Retrieved March 4, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  • Peltakian, Danielle (2015). "Martha Mayer Erlebacher (1937-2013) - Contemporary Figurative and Still Life Painter". sullivangoss.com. Retrieved 2018-04-24.


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