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Joan (Udell) Erbe

Joan (Udell) Erbe (1926 - 2014) was active/lived in Ohio, Maryland.  Joan Erbe is known for Modernist paintings of colorful characters, side-show performers, actors.

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Born in Baltimore in 1926, Joan Erbe grew up in Windsor Hills on the West Side. Her father, a coffee salesman, often took her to circus side shows, where they were soon on a first name basis with many of the “freaks”. Her mother always encouraged her to create. As a response to a young Joan’s “I’m bored” sighs, she’d lock Joan in her room and state, “You can’t come out until you do some artwork!”

Joan attended a Maryland Institute program for children at the age of 7, studying under Perna Krick (who later became Reuben Kramer’s wife). Joan loved circus animals, and one of her paintings of elephants was published in The Baltimore Sun a year later. Helen Journeay sculpted the portrait of Joan”at about ten years old, which now resides in the Maryland Historical Society.

Ms. Erbe got involved with many older artists which further inspired her to pursue art. During her late teens, she spent summers with her aunt and unc   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 5156 characters.]  Artist bio

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