Artist Biography

Phoebe T. M. TABER
1834 - 1916

Phoebe Thorn Merritt Clements was born in Millbrook, New York on May 15, 1834. She studied at the Cooper Union in New York City and Académie Julian in Paris. She married G. Moya Taber in 1873. After moving to California in 1904, she was a resident of Los Angeles until her death on March 20, 1916. A still life specialist, she painted fruit and flowers. Exhibited: Paris Salon; Detroit Institute of Arts until 1889.

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