Gerson Leiber (November 12, 1921 – April 28, 2018) was an American painter, lithographer[1] and sculptor.
Biography
editGerson Leiber was born November 12, 1921, in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in Titusville, in northwest Pennsylvania.[2] He served in the United States Army and was assigned to its Signal Corps, during World War II.[2] He met his future wife, Judith Peto while serving overseas in Budapest.[2] They married in 1946 and moved back to the United States, eventually settling in New York City.[2] He enrolled in classes at the Art Students League of New York, and studied with Will Barnet and took engraving classes at Brooklyn Museum Art School.[2]
Leiber's work has been exhibited in more than 200 national and international shows including the Long Island Museum of American Art, History, and Carriages,[3] the Kennedy Galleries and The Israel Museum.[4] His work is part of many permanent collections around the world at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Smithsonian,[5] the Brooklyn Museum, the Malmo Museum in Sweden, the Seattle Museum of Art and others.[4] Between 1953 and 1985, he received more than 30 awards and prizes for his work[citation needed] and was a member of the Society of American Graphic Artists.[6]
In recent years, Leiber and his wife, famous handbag designer Judith Leiber, mounted joint exhibitions of their work both on Long Island and in Manhattan.[7] Leiber died on April 28, 2018,[2] the same day as his wife, who died a few hours later. They were buried together.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Gerson Leiber | Leiber Collection". www.leibermuseum.org. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
- ^ a b c d e f Sandomir, Richard (2018-04-30). "Gerson Leiber, 96, Dies; Artist Created Museum With Designer Wife (Published 2018)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-11-09.
- ^ "Brilliant Partners – The Long Island Museum". longislandmuseum.org. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
- ^ a b "Gerson Leiber - Asheville Art Museum". www.ashevilleart.org. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
- ^ "Famed handbag designer, husband of 72 years die hours apart". New York Post. 2018-04-30. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
- ^ Gallery, University of Kentucky Art (1968). Graphics '68, Recent American Prints: Exhibition January 14-February 11, 1968, University of Kentucky Art Gallery, Lexington, Kentucky. The Gallery.
- ^ a b Nemy, Enid (2018-04-30). "Judith Leiber, 97, Dies; Turned Handbags Into Objets d'Art". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
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