Background
Erlebacher, Martha Mayer was born on November 21, 1937 in Jersey City. Daughter of Desiderius and Mary (Persa) Mayer.
Erlebacher, Martha Mayer was born on November 21, 1937 in Jersey City. Daughter of Desiderius and Mary (Persa) Mayer.
Student, Gettysburg College, Pennsylvania, 1956. Bachelor of Industrial Design, Pratt Institute, 1960. Master of Fine Arts, Pratt Institute, 1963.
Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary), New York Academy Art, 2006.
Industrial designer, illustrator Arthur Wagner Associates, New York City, 1956-1961. Teacher anatomy and figure drawing University of Arts, Philadelphia, 1978-1994. Teacher Philadelphia College Art, 1966-1968, 78-94.
Teacher anatomical drawing and painting Graduate School Figurative Art, New York Academy Art, New York City, 1992-2006, others. Guest lecturer Graduate School Art Yale University, 1974, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1975, Philadelphia College Art, 1976, University Connecticut, Storrs, 1977, Tyler School Art Temple University, 1978, Medical College Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1987, New York Academy Art, 1990, others. Visiting artist colleges universities including University Wisconsin, Oshkosh, 1979, Syracuse University, 1986-1987, University Michigan, 1988, California State University, 1989, 91, Tulane University, New Orleans, 1992, Kalamazoo Institute Arts, 1989.
Panelist arts shows, since 1978. Juror University Delaware, 1979, New York Statewide Bi-Annual, Trenton, 1984, Moss Rehabilitation Hospital, Philadelphia, 1985, Texas National '98, Nacogdoches.
Married Walter Erlebacher, June 26, 1961 (deceased August 1991). Children: Adrian Immanuel, Jonah Daedalus.