Gary Erbe, Western Album, 2015

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• Lot Description
  Gary Erbe
  (b. 1944)
  Western Album, 2015
  oil on canvas
  signed and dated lower right: G Erbe 2015
  inscribed verso: “WESTERN ALBUM,” 2015/GARY T. ERBE / “Western Album,” /52” x 69” o/c / Gary T. Erbe
  
  Gary T. Erbe, a self-taught painter, was born in 1944 in Union City, New Jersey, where he maintained his studio from 1972 until 2006. Unable to attend art school, he worked as an engraver from 1965 until 1970 to support himself and his family, painting at nights and weekends to develop his skills. In 1967, Erbe discovered trompe l’oeil painting and its masters. Two years later, Erbe conceived a way of painting that would be a contemporary departure from the 19th Century Trompe l’oeil masters by freeing objects from their natural surroundings via the illusion of levitation and through the juxtaposition of objects that have no relationship. Erbe’s work combines flat space forms that are exaggerated and enhanced by shadow, light and color. The result is pure three-dimensional illusion. While there are and will always be elements of Trompe l’oeil in his work, he has less of an interest in fooling the eye in favor of stimulating the mind. In 1970, Erbe coined the term “Levitational Realism” and decided to pursue his art full-time.
  
  Since 1970, Erbe has exhibited extensively, with solo exhibitions at museums and galleries throughout the United States, Asia, and Europe. His works are in the permanent collections of numerous public institutions including The Phillips Collection, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Terra Foundation for American Art, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Colby College Museum of Art, Brandywine River Museum, The Brinton Museum, Montclair Art Museum, The Heckscher Museum of Art, Phoenix Art Museum, The Butler Institute of American Art, and the Reading Public Museum, amongst others. Erbe has garnered many awards and honors over the years including six Gold Medals at The Allied Artists of America Annual Exhibitions, the Medal for Lifetime Achievement in American Art from The Butler Institute of American Art, and the Salmagundi Club Medal of Honor. He also has received the Gold Medal from The National Museum of Sports, the First Prize Award from The National Arts Club, Gold Medal of Honor from Audubon Artists, and First Prize from The Peto Museum, among others.
  
  Erbe was honored with a 25-year traveling retrospective in 1995 and a 40-year traveling retrospective in 2010. The Butler Institute of American Art, OH, has published a scholarly book on Erbe’s art and life titled Footprints: The Art and Life of Gary Erbe in conjunction with a 50-year retrospective exhibition which commenced in 2017 and traveled to four venues. Currently, Erbe maintains his studio in Nutley, NJ and actively continues to paint.
  52 x 69 in. (132.08 x 175.26 cm.), Frame: 62 3/4 x 79 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. (159.39 x 202.57 x 9.53 cm.)
  The Artist
  
  Exhibited:
  Gary Erbe: 50 Year Retrospective, The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio, May 14 - August 6, 2017, The Brinton Museum, Big Horn, Wyoming, September 16 - December 16, 2017,, Reading Public Museum, Reading, Pennsylvania, June 3 - September 9, 2018, John F. Peto Studio Museum, Island Heights, New Jersey, September 22 - December 16, 2018
  
  Literature:
  Louis P. Zona, “Modern Principals”, Footprints: The Art and Life of Gary Erbe: The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio, 2016, p.100-101,228, illustrated no. 4.11
  
  Scott A. Schweigert, Gary Erbe: 50 Year Retrospective, Reading Public Museum, illustrated p. 6-7.

  Condition

  The painting is in overall excellent condition. Frame in good condition, with some rubbing and bumping along lower edge.
  
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