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
Known for	Painting
Spouse	Walter S. Erlebacher

Martha Mayer Erlebacher ((1937-11-21)November 21, 1937 – (2013-06-22)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.
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.

• 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" (PDF). Archived from the original on March 20, 2016. Retrieved March 4, 2016.
• Peltakian, Danielle (2015). "Martha Mayer Erlebacher (1937-2013) - Contemporary Figurative and Still Life Painter". sullivangoss.com. Retrieved 2018-04-24.