Alex M. Loeb

Alex M. Loeb
Alex M. Loeb
Born	May 18, 1918; Meridian, Mississippi, U.S.
Died	May 14, 2015 (aged 96); Meridian, Mississippi, U.S.
Resting place	Beth Israel Cemetery, Meridian, Mississippi, U.S.
Education	Washington and Lee University
Known for	Painting

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 sons and a daughter.[1] He died on May 14, 2015 in Meridian, and he was buried in Beth Israel Cemetery.[1]

Alex M. Loeb, Reality is relative, 1994–1995

gollark: Why would I know about random abandoned cities?!

gollark: How would this work?

gollark: Well, I am heavpoot, and heavpoot wrote it...

gollark: I was investigating neural networks but they're hard.

gollark: See, it actually isn't very good as it directly replicates my messages.

References

"Alex. M. Loeb". The Meridian Star. May 14, 2015. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
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.

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[meridianstarobit-1] "Alex. M. Loeb". The Meridian Star. May 14, 2015. Retrieved February 23, 2020.

[Art_in_Mississippi,_1720-1980-2] 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.