Английская Википедия:Gerson Leiber
Gerson Leiber (November 12, 1921 – April 28, 2018) was an American painter, lithographer[1] and sculptor.
Biography
Gerson 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 workШаблон: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]
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- American lithographers
- United States Army personnel of World War II
- 21st-century American sculptors
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