1949: Carl Mehrbach born May 12, Orange, New Jersey.
1958: Moves to Los Angeles, California.
1967 - 1971: Attends University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana.
1969: Begins to paint.
1971: Graduates Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa with Bachelor of Science degree.
1971 - 1973: Attends Oregon State University. Lives in Corvalis, Oregon.
Continues to paint.
Attends Life Drawing sessions.
Graduates with Master of Science in Oceanography.
1973 - 1977: Lives in New York City.
1973: Studies at Art Students League with Bruce Dorfman.
1973 - 1977: Apprenticed to Seymour Leichman
1977 - 1979: Studies with Philip Guston at Boston University. Lives in Brighton, Massachusetts.
1979: Receives degree from Boston University, Master of Fine Arts in Painting.
1979: Marries the dancer Ellin Sue Weiss.
1980: Begins making three-dimensional abstract paintings and drawings.
1983: Moves to Needham, Massachusetts.
1982: Birth of first son, Jesse Alexander.
1983: Birth of second son, Zachary Arthur.
1987: Moves to Lyme, New Hampshire. Contines to paint three-dimensional abstractions.
1993: Begins to paint and draw large scale figurative works.
1998: Begins an obsession with works of two people interacting in many guises.
2001: First major show of new figurative works at AVA Gallery, Lebanon, New Hampshire.
2002: Fantasy and reality interact in move toward inventive figurative art.
2003: Abstraction meets reality in works shown at Hopkin Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College.
2004: Exhibits new work at Sharon Art Center in Peterborough, New Hampshire.
2005: Major exhibit of 12 paintings and 12 drawings at Bromfield Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts.
Summer 2009: "Paradise Lost" exhibited at AVA Gallery, Lebanon, New Hampshire.
Fall 2009: Aidron Duckworth Museum of Art exhibits "Painting & Drawings from Summer 2009"
July 1, 2010: Retires from teaching. Becomes full time artist. Painting "Man with Plants" completed and exhibited in AVA Gallery's "Summer Show" (Lebanon, NH)
2011: First painting to be completed in this first full year of daily studio work is the major painting, "Pond"
Every day Carl Mehrbach displays the art he produced that day, and he discusses his current ideas. Read Mehrbach's Art Blog at MehrbaBLOG.weebly.com.
The following four paintings are currently "in progress"
To view recent work visit one of the following links:
Paintings: 2010 & 2011
Recent Drawings
Exhibitions - Selected Listing
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