Phoebe Stabler

Phoebe Gertrude Stabler (née McLeish, 1879–1955) was an English artist working across many mediums including metalwork, pottery, enamel and wood in the late nineteenth and early-mid twentieth centuries.[1] "Although Stabler is best known for her pottery figures, during the 1920s and 1930s she was also well known for her stone carvings and was an important contributor to the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley, 1924."[2]

Phoebe Stabler
Born
Phoebe Gertrude McLeish

1879
Handsworth, Birmingham
Died1955
Hammersmith, London
NationalityBritish
Known forSculpture, pottery, metalworking, wood carving
StyleArts and Crafts

Biography

Stabler was born in Birmingham, but grew up in Liverpool, where both her parents originated.[1] Stabler was one of five or more children, with her two sisters also following creative careers as jewellery designers.[2] Stabler first studied at the Liverpool School of Art in the 1890s, where two of her sisters also attended.[1] During this time she was awarded the City Scholarship and Travelling Scholarship.[1] She went on to study at the Royal College of Art in London.[2][3]

Cloisonne enamel roundel of an angel in the style of Phoebe Stabler
Cenotaph in Farewell Square, Durban, South Africa, circa 1994
Cloisonne enamel pendant of Pan

Artwork

In 1906, she married Harold Stabler. From 1912, Stabler and her husband, had a kiln in Hammersmith, London, where they worked collaboratively as well as Stabler producing garden ornaments.[4] She created richly glazed pottery figures which were produced by both the Royal Worcester and Royal Doulton and Poole Pottery.[3] For Poole Pottery, she collaborated with her husband to design the ceramics for The Cenotaph in Durban.[2] Stabler also designed works for Ashtead Potters, a pottery that employed ex-servicemen after the First World War.

Stabler created the World's Land-Speed Trophy that was awarded to Sir Henry Segrave.[5]

In 2018, The Light of Knowledge (1927) ceramic tile panel was put on display at the Rugby Art Gallery & Museum following a fundraising effort to have it restored.[6]

Selected exhibitions

Stabler's work was exhibited widely, including at the following institutes,

Works held in Collections
Title Year Medium Gallery no. Gallery Location
Buster Boy 1916 stoneware C487 Aberystwyth University Ceramics Collection Aberystwyth, Wales
Buster Boy 1921–1923 stoneware C488 Aberystwyth University Ceramics Collection Aberystwyth, Wales
Buster Girl 1922 stoneware C487 Aberystwyth University Ceramics Collection Aberystwyth, Wales
Lavender Woman ca.1913 stoneware C.13-1978 Victoria and Albert Museum London, England
Memory - Portland stone L.F9.1927.0.0 Leicester Arts and Museums Service Leicester, England
Pickaback (maquette) 1908 plaster AH02479/83 Abbot Hall Art Gallery Kendal, England
Sleep 1922 unknown C484 Aberystwyth University Ceramics Collection Aberystwyth, Wales
Sleep 1922 stoneware C485 Aberystwyth University Ceramics Collection Aberystwyth, Wales
The Bath Towel 1916 stoneware C482 Aberystwyth University Ceramics Collection Aberystwyth, Wales
The Bath Towel 1914 stoneware C483 Aberystwyth University Ceramics Collection Aberystwyth, Wales
The Bull 1922–1923 stoneware C507 Aberystwyth University Ceramics Collection Aberystwyth, Wales
The Lavender Woman 1915 stoneware C480 Aberystwyth University Ceramics Collection Aberystwyth, Wales
The Lavender Woman 1925 stoneware C481 Aberystwyth University Ceramics Collection Aberystwyth, Wales
The Lavender Woman 1922–1925 stoneware C486 Aberystwyth University Ceramics Collection Aberystwyth, Wales
The Light of Knowledge 1927 ceramic - Rugby Art Gallery and Museum Rugby, England
The Young Mother 1927 or before concrete L.F10.1927.0.0 New Walk Museum & Art Gallery Leicester, England

References
  1. Gray, Sara (8 February 2019). British women artists : a biographical dictionary of 1,000 women artists in the British decorative arts. United Kingdom. ISBN 978-1911121633. OCLC 1085975377.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. "Phoebe Gertrude Stabler ARBS – Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851–1951". sculpture.gla.ac.uk. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  3. David Buckman (2006). Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 2, M to Z. Art Dictionaries Ltd. ISBN 0-953260-95-X.
  4. "Artist/Maker: Phoebe Stabler – Aberystwyth University School of Art Museums and Galleries". sofa.tth3.co.uk. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  5. Pathé, British. "Camera Interviews – Mrs Phoebe Stabler". www.britishpathe.com. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  6. "91-year-old art deco panel restored and on display". Rugby Observer. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
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