Mabel Greenberg

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.

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 , and Male Figure Standing won the Second Prize for Figure Painting in 1919 and remains in the UCL Art Museum.

Works
Three of Greenberg's paintings are in UK collections:


 * Male Figure Standing 1919, UCL Art Museum
 * Helen pre 1931, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle
 * The Matriarch 1930, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

Other works reported in national and regional press as shown at various exhibitions include:


 * Pictures by MG                              RSA Spring Exhibition
 * A delightful portrait by MBG           Nottingham Castle Exhibition
 * P.C. Spratt                                     Royal Society of Portrait Painters
 * Helen, and The Doll                      Royal Institute of Portrait Painters in  Water Colour
 * Summer Day                           Royal Academy Annual Exhibition
 * Lisette                                           Society of Women Artists
 * Mention, no details                       Birmingham Group exhibition in London
 * The Matriarch, and Rita                Royal Society of British Artists at Derby
 * Portrait, and Tiger Lilies                Women Artists of the Midlands

Press references mention a second portrait of Helene (Helen) Hedin, and with a photograph of Greenberg at work, to a portrait of the actor John Stuart.

Death
Mabel Greenberg died in London on 30 September 1933 and was buried at Witton Jewish Cemetery in Birmingham.