Phoebe Taber
Born
Phoebe Merritt

1834 (1834)
Millbrook, New York
Died (aged 82)
Pasadena, California
Known forPainting

Phoebe Thorn Merritt Clements Taber (1834 – March 22, 1916) was a painter believed to have been the "first professional female artist in Detroit."[1]

Background

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]

Artwork

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]

Selected exhibitions

  • 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]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Bilek, Suzanne (2012). Great Female Artists of Detroit. Charleston, South Carolina: The History Press. pp. 133–140. ISBN 9781609496715.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Phoebe Taber - Artist Biography for Phoebe Taber". www.askart.com. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
  3. ↑ "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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