Joan Erbe
Joan Erbe Udel | |
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Born | Joan Erbe 1926 Baltimore, Maryland |
Died | August 21, 2014 Towson, Maryland | (aged 87–88)
Nationality | American |
Known for | Painting |
Spouse | George Udel |
Joan Erbe Udel (1926 – August 21, 2014) was a
Early life
Joan Erbe was born in Baltimore in 1926.[1] She was the daughter of Harry Erbe, a wholesale coffee salesman and Bertha Metcalf Erbe, who was a secretary at the Enoch Pratt Free Library's children's department.[1]
Career
Erbe received two scholarships to Maryland Institute in her early 20s. She had her first solo exhibit at the Baltimore Museum of Art in 1966.[1] Additional solo exhibitions are list below.
Personal life and death
Erbe married at 18 years of age and had two daughters, Joan and Constance.[1] She had another child, Jacob, with her second husband George Udel, whom she married in 1954.[1]
Erbe died on August 21, 2014, at the age of 87.[2]
Exhibitions
Erbe's work has been the subject of more than sixty solo exhibitions including at:
- The Baltimore Museum of Art
- The Butler Institute of American Art
- Goucher College
- Johns Hopkins University
- The Smithsonian Institution(Washington, D.C.)
- Philadelphia Art Alliance
- Salpeter Gallery (New York City)
- St. John's College (Annapolis, MD)
- The Art Gallery at the University of Maryland
- I.F. A. Gallery (Washington, DC)
References
- ^ a b c d e Fleckenstein, Terrie. "Joan Erbe – Paintings". Fleckenstein Gallery & Archival Framing. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
- ^ "Joan Udel's Obituary by Baltimore Sun". Legacy.com. Retrieved 2014-08-24.