Alex M. Loeb | |
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Personal details | |
Born |
Meridian, Mississippi, U.S. | May 18, 1918
Died |
May 14, 2015 Meridian, Mississippi, U.S. | (aged 96)
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Alex M. Loeb (May 18, 1918 – May 14, 2015) was an American painter from the state of Mississippi.
Life[]
Loeb was born on May 18, 1918, in Meridian, Mississippi.[1] His father owned the Loeb's department store.[1] Loeb graduated from Washington and Lee University in 1937, and he served in the United States Navy during World War II.[1]
Loeb initially worked for his family business.[1] He became a painter, and he worked in oils, acrylics, and pastels in a spontaneous, exuberant style.[2] He described his technique: "I put a few bits of structure on chance and a little order on chaos."[2] In 1995 Loeb had a retrospective exhibit at the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art entitled Old Men Shall Dream Dreams.[2] He served on the boards of the Meridian Museum of Art and the Lauren Rogers Museum.[1]
Loeb married Jean Robinson; they had two daughters.[1] He died on May 14, 2015, in Meridian, and he was buried in Beth Israel Cemetery.[1]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "Alex. M. Loeb". The Meridian Star. May 14, 2015. https://obituaries.meridianstar.com/obituary/alex-loeb-754332441. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Black, Patti Carr (1998). Art in Mississippi, 1720–1980. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi in association with the Mississippi Historical Society and the Mississippi Dept. of Archives and History. p. 248. ISBN 1-57806-084-2. https://archive.org/details/artinmississippi0000blac/page/248.
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