Mabel Greenberg

She was born in Birmingham, England, 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]

Three of Greenberg's paintings are in UK collections:

• Male Figure Standing^[3] 1919, UCL Art Museum
• Helen^[4] pre 1931, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle
• The Matriarch^[5] 1930, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

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

• Pictures by MG,^[6] RSA Spring Exhibition
• A delightful portrait by MBG,^[7] Nottingham Castle Exhibition
• P.C. Spratt,^[8] Royal Society of Portrait Painters
• Helen, and The Doll,^[9] Royal Institute of Portrait Painters in Water Colour
• Summer Day,^[10][11] Royal Academy Annual Exhibition
• Lisette,^[12] Society of Women Artists
• 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]

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