Phoebe Taber | |
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| Born | Phoebe Merritt 1834
Millbrook, New York |
| Died | (aged 82)
Pasadena, California |
| Known for | Painting |
Phoebe Thorn Merritt Clements Taber (1834 – March 22, 1916) was a painter believed to have been the "first professional female artist in Detroit." [1]
In 1834, Phoebe Taber was in Millbrook, New York to Daniel and Mary Merritt. [1] She was the third of six children. [1] In 1857, at the age of twenty-three, she married Clark P. Clements of Ionia, Michigan. [1] Following his death 1861, after just four years of marriage, Taber sought to become an artist to independently support herself and her son Clark. [1]
She was admitted to the "Female School of Art" at Cooper Union in 1865, and continued her studies at the Académie Julian in Paris. [1] [2] At the Académie Julian she specifically studied with William-Adolfe Bouguereau. [1] After her studies, she returned to Michigan, remarried at the age of 39, and changed her name from Phoebe T. Clements to Phoebe T. Clements Taber. [2] She continued to work as an artist even after marriage. [1]
Between 1880 and 1886, Taber lived in Ionia, where her husband had an agricultural store. [1] In 1886, her family moved to Grand Rapids. [1] Despite not living in the city, Taber continued to have an artistic presence in Detroit until 1898. [1] All told she spent 40 years in Michigan. [2] In the 1890s, Taber and her husband moved to Pasadena, California. [1] Taber died in Pasadena on March 22, 1916, at the age of 82. [1] [3]
Taber specialized in fruit and flower still-life paintings. She has also more recently been recognized additionally as "versatile in figures and portraits." [2]
Her portrait of Peter Cooper, the founder of the Cooper Union, was accepted into the Art Loan Exhibition of 1883, Detroit's first international art show. [1]
In 1893, seven of Taber's paintings were displayed at the Chicago World's Fair. [1]
- Paris Salon, 1891 and 1892 (group) [1]
- Hanna & Noyes, Detroit, 1892 (solo) [1]
- Russell House, Detroit, 1892 (solo) [1]
- Detroit Art Loan, 1883 and 1889 (group) [1]
- Chicago World's Fair, 1893 (group) [1]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Bilek, Suzanne (2012). Great Female Artists of Detroit. Charleston, South Carolina: The History Press. pp. 133–140. ISBN 9781609496715.
- ^ a b c d "Phoebe Taber - Artist Biography for Phoebe Taber". www.askart.com. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
- ^ "Noted Artist is Dead". Oregon Daily Journal. Pasadena, California. March 22, 1916. p. 2. Retrieved January 27, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
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