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Gerald L. Lubeck - Realist Painter and Printmaker

For nearly a lifetime, Lubeck has been creating bucolic pastoral scenes and the elements of country life.  Many have guessed that it is the Vermont countryside and lifestyle that provides inspiration.  He paints chickens in the farmyard, fresh new lambs in the pen, and dairy cows in the pasture.  His artwork is pleasant without being contrived and his brushstroke is intensely detailed.  It is this skill that allows me to share one example:  Lubeck was selected as the Judge for the International Miniature Art Show - Florida, 1984.  These artists frequently paint with one hair paint brushes, detailed, tedious and slow.

In the painting below, the location could be anywhere; eastern Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, Nebraska or somewhere else in the heartland.  It speaks to the viewers who understand farming: It is the struggle of being too wet to plant in the spring and the desire to fill the grain-silos before the first major hail storm.  The farmer hopes for acceptable prices in the commodities markets in the weeks ahead as they listen to the agricultural report.  Every year it is a gamble on the farmstead, considering everything from crop-insurance to tariffs: Sometimes ahead, sometimes bankruptcy.       
"The Farmstead"
Oil on Masonite Panel - Framed
8 X 10 Inches
Signed Lower Right:  Gerald L. Lubeck
Lubeck was born in Long Branch, NJ, in 1942.  He received a scholarship to the National Academy of Design, the oldest art-advocacy organization in America, housed in New York City.  The NAD clearly influenced his style of realism.  He studied under Maxwell S. Simpson, who also studied at NAD; Lajos Markos who was a noted portrait artist who had studied at the Royal Academy of Budapest; Johnathan Talbot who taught him printmaking, and Gerald Fried who taught him watercolors.  These four exceptional artists and teachers put their trademark on Lubeck.

He was also part of a generation that served their country.  Lubeck was a medic for two years and spent one year in Vietnam.  Reports say that his time in Vietnam also influenced him, and that he sketched and painted the Vietnamese people. 

Lubeck's artistic career gained notoriety during the 1970s and 1980s, where he painted and exhibited his landscapes and still-lifes.  To date, with his ongoing career, he has received over 50 prizes for his artwork.  Some of his awards include:  First prize, oils, Miniature Art Society Florida; First Prize, Animal Painting, NJ Miniature Art Society; Best of Show, Washington Square Outdoor Society, NY.

He has exhibited at the Greenwich Workshop; Salmagundi Club, NY; Gallery One, Mentor, OH (1994-2000); and had solo exhibits at the Tilting at Windmills Gallery, Manchester, VT (1980-2001).  And he has work at the Franklin Mint Corporation, PA; American Stock Exchange, NY; Sloan Kettering Institute, NY; and the New Museum, NJ.

Lubeck membership includes:  The Salmagundi Club, NY; Allied Artist of America, NY, Hudson Valley Art Association, NY; Miniature Art Society, FL; and the Southern Vermont Art Association.

Example of Signature
Gerald L. Lubeck
References:

  • Who's Who in American Art, 2015, The 35th Edition, New Providence, NJ.
  • Internet Information from:  International Miniature Art Society, Florida
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