Gerhardt Liebmann, Roof with moon, 1977, Courtesy of the Artist and gratin
Gerhardt Liebmann, Moon Rising over Roofs, 1979, Courtesy of the Artist and gratin
Gerhardt Liebmann, Grey Roof, 1976, Courtesy of the Artist and gratin
Gerhardt Liebmann (b. 1928, rural California) remains an underrecognized painter. Trained at Harvard under Walter Gropius, he first worked as an architect before settling in New York in the early 1960s. From his SoHo loft, he developed a distinctive painterly language—meticulous architectural panoramas and softly surreal rooftop scenes—offering a singular vision of the urban landscape.
Gerhardt Liebmann (1928–1989) was an American artist and architect trained under Walter Gropius at Harvard. Best known for his stark, Surrealist depictions of SoHo rooftops, he explored isolation, geometry, and industrial space through precise perspective and shadow.
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