Mabel Billah Greenberg (1889-1933) was a British artist.
Early life
She was born in
Birmingham and was well known in Birmingham and in
London. She was the daughter of Israel and Miriam Greenberg of
Edgbaston, Birmingham. Israel Greenberg was a jeweller, trading as I.S. Greenberg & Co in Birmingham's
Jewellery Quarter.[1]
Greenberg studied at
Birmingham Municipal School of Art and the
Slade School of Art. Two of her works were shown in Slade student exhibitions: Study of a Young Man won first prize for Head Drawing in 1918[2], and Male Figure Standing won the Second Prize for Figure Painting in 1919 and remains in the
UCL Art Museum.[3]
Works
Three of Greenberg's paintings are in UK collections:
Mention, no details[13] Birmingham Group exhibition in London
The Matriarch, and Rita[14] Royal Society of British Artists at Derby
Portrait, and Tiger Lilies[15] Women Artists of the Midlands
Press references mention a second portrait[16] of Helene (Helen) Hedin, and with a photograph of Greenberg at work, to a portrait of the actor John Stuart.[17]
Death
Mabel Greenberg died in London on 30 September 1933 and was buried at Witton Jewish Cemetery in Birmingham.