Joan Erbe

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Joan Erbe Udel
Joan Erbe, shown in 2011 (Lloyd Fox, Baltimore Sun)
Born
Joan Erbe

1926
Baltimore, Maryland
DiedAugust 21, 2014(2014-08-21) (aged 87–88)
Towson, Maryland
NationalityAmerican
Known forPainting
SpouseGeorge Udel

Joan Erbe Udel (1926 – August 21, 2014) was a

Rebecca Hoffberger in Baltimore Magazine. She received her training at the Maryland Institute College of Art, where she was a student of Leonard Bahr and Louis Bouché
.

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:

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Fleckenstein, Terrie. "Joan Erbe – Paintings". Fleckenstein Gallery & Archival Framing. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Joan Udel's Obituary by Baltimore Sun". Legacy.com. Retrieved 2014-08-24.

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