Gerhardt Liebmann American, 1928-1989

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View works. Gerhardt Liebmann, Untitled (Doll Series), circa mid 1970s
Untitled (Doll Series), circa mid 1970s
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“In all the works there is a thread, I think, that ties them together. Beyond the mere emphasis on space, that is. Even though I seldom use the figure of man, it is man which is my theme: his loneliness, his innocence in the hands of God, his numbers overwhelming the earth.”
- Gerhardt Liebmann

Gerhardt Liebmann was born in Downey, California, in 1928, and was an artist, architect, photographer, pilot, explorer, mountaineer, and activist. He died on 1 October 1989 from AIDS.


Liebmann moved to Soho in 1968, purchasing a loft at 451 West Broadway. He quickly became active in the SoHo Artists Association serving as its first president. He painted many series of works, each reflective of his journey in exploring subjects related to his environment.


Liebmann was diagnosed with AIDS in 1983 and was one of the first recipients of the then-experimental drug AZT.


Gerhardt Liebmann had solo exhibitions at Eleanor Ward's Stable Gallery (1969/1970); in Dubai, The United Arab Emirates (1976); Brooks Jackson Gallery Iolas, New York (1978); Alexander Carlson Gallery, New York (1981); and Gallery: Gertrude Stein (posthumous, 1997). Liebmann has been included in group shows at the National Academy of Design (1965), The Smithsonian Institute (1965-66), Indianapolis Museum of Art (1969), O.K. Harris Gallery, New York (1971), Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, NY (1971), Boston Museum of Fine Arts (1971), Bronx Museum of the Arts (1980), and the Hirshhorn Museum, Washington DC (1983).


Gerhardt Liebmann's work is reflected in the collections of the Leslie-Lohman Museum (New York, NY); Art Institute (Flint, MI); Province of Alberta Museum of Art (Edmonton, Canada); The Vatican Museum (Rome, Italy); and the Wellington-Ivest Collection (Boston, MA).

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  • Acrylic painting on canvas of a city roof with a water tower and two sticks with wire affixed to them lying on the floor in the foreground
    Chair on Roof, 1976
  • Acrylic painting on canvas of a city roof with a water tower and a small standing structure made of five sticks on the floor in the foreground
    Roof at 6:00 O'Clock, 1976
  • Acrylic on canvas of a doll partially buried in sand and surrounded by seashells in an eerie beach setting
    Untitled (Doll Series), circa mid 1970s
  • Framed acrylic on canvas of a doll running in a surreal barren landscape
    Untitled (Doll Series), circa mid 1970s
  • Acrylic painting on canvas of a wall with countless baby dolls on top of and leaning on it as it recedes into a point on the horizon next to a setting sun
    A Parable of Young and Old Dolls, 1975
  • Acrylic painting on canvas of two vast city rooftops side by side, each with a small chair and vent
    Two Roofs-Two Chairs, 1977
  • Framed acrylic painting of a city rooftop at night with a glowing crescent moon emerging from a large shaft
    Crescent Moon Rising, 1979
  • Acrylic painting on canvas of a city rooftop featuring a small elements including a vent, two chairs, and a ladder casting long shadows as they are lit by the moonlight from the upper left corner
    Roof Debris, Summer Moon, 1977
  • Acrylic painting on canvas of a vast city rooftop populated only by a small vent and two chairs
    Roof with Two Chairs, 1977
  • Sparse pencil drawing on paper of a rooftop featuring a small pipe, a vent, and two chairs casting long shadows, with handwritten notes next to each element
    A Roof that Happens to be in New York, 1977
  • Framed pencil drawing of the corner of a building with countless windows occupying almost its entire facade
    A Window for Each, 1980
  • Framed color pencil drawing of the roof seen at the corner of a building at night, with a glowing crescent moon in the foreground
    Moon Rise, 1980
  • Pencil drawing on paper depicting the tops of nearly identical rooftops in a neat array, each with a faint crescent moon hovering over it
    SoHo Rooftops at 11pm, 1977
  • Framed acrylic on canvas of a parking lot in SoHo, New York City, depicted realistically
    SoHo Parking Lot, circa early 1970s
  • Pencil drawing on paper of an eerie array of numerous dismantled doll parts
    Untitled (Doll Series), circa mid 1970s
  • Pencil drawing on paper of an eerily upright doll with an outstretched arm atop an abstract wave of blue and purple
    Untitled (Doll Series), circa mid 1970s
  • Pencil drawing on paper of a seemingly unfinished sketch depicting the internal mechanisms of a headless doll
    Untitled (Doll Series), circa mid 1970s
  • Seemingly unfinished pencil drawing on paper of a cluster of eerily upright dolls
    Untitled (Doll Series), circa mid 1970s
  • Black and white pencil drawing on paper of disembodied doll parts casting an eerie orange shadow
    Untitled (Doll Series), circa mid 1970s
  • Mixed media collage of a seven by seven grid of a numbered illustrations of seated baby dolls
    Untitled (Doll Series), circa mid 1970s
  • Mixed media collage of a seven by seven grid of a numbered illustrations of seated baby dolls, some colorless, and some pale fleshtones
    Untitled (Doll Series), circa mid 1970s
  • Mixed media collage of an array of nine different baby doll images each emerging out of small envelopes
    Untitled (Doll Series), circa mid 1970s
  • Mixed media collage of an array of identical baby doll images ranging in pale skintones
    Untitled (Doll Series), circa mid 1970s
  • Mixed media collage of an array of identical baby doll images each emerging out of small manilla envelopes with text
    Untitled (Doll Series), circa mid 1970s
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