Martha Mayer Erlebacher

Martha Mayer Erlebacher
Self Portrait, 2011, Nero pencil on paper
Born	1937 (1937) Jersey City, New Jersey
Died	2013 (aged 75–76) Elkins Park, Pennsylvania
Nationality	American
Education	Gettysburg College, Pratt Institute
Known for	Painting
Spouse(s)	Walter S. Erlebacher

Martha Mayer Erlebacher (1937–2013) was born in Jersey City, New Jersey. She attended Gettysburg College from 1955-1956. She received a BA in Industrial Design from the Pratt Institute. She also received an MFA from Pratt in 1963. She is known for her trompe l'oeil still lifes and well as her representational figurative work of the nude body. She has been influenced by eighteenth- and nineteenth century Italian and French painting traditions and well as by the realist Thomas Eakins She died in 2013.