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Martha Mayer Erlebacher

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Martha Mayer Erlebacher (1937–2013) was born in Jersey City, New Jersey. 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. [1] 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[2] She died in 2013. [3]

References

  1. ^ Representational Drawing Today: A Heritage Renewed. Regents of the University of California. 1983. pp. 54–55. ISBN 0-942006-03-8.
  2. ^ Cozzolino, Robert (2012). The Female Gaze: Women Artists making Their World. The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. pp. 266–267. ISBN 978-1-55595-389-8.
  3. ^ "Martha Mayer Erlebacher". Artnet. Retrieved 4 March 2016.

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" - [1]
  • Peltakian, Danielle Martha Mayer Erlebacher (1937-2013): CONTEMPORARY FIGURATIVE AND STILL LIFE PAINTER http://www.sullivangoss.com/martha_mayer_erlebacher/


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