Josephine Hiett Joy was born near Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, in 1869 and soon thereafter her family moved to Peoria, Illinois. After an early marriage that ended in divorce, she went to Chicago and subsequently married Frank Joy. She became interested in painting after they moved to San Diego. A prolific worker, she became a WPA artist in the late 1930s, which led to her first solo exhibition at the Galerie St. Etienne in New York City in 1943. Joy died in Peoria in 1948.
In Collection: Works Progress Administration (WPA) Art (View all 421)
Harold Anchel (American, 1912-1980)
Josephine Joy (American, 1869-1948)
Arthur Durston (American, 1889-1938)
Charles Henry Alston (American, 1907 – 1977)
Dox Thrash (American, 1893–1965)
Minetta Good (American, 1895–1946)
Jolan Gross Bettelheim (Hungarian, 1900–1972)
Horatio C. Forjohn (American, 1911-1943)
Howard Taft Lorenz (American, 1906-1956)
Hyman William Katz (American, 1898-1988)
Elizabeth Olds (American, 1896 – 1991)
Minetta Good (American, 1895–1946)
Elias Grossman (American, 1898 – 1947)
Malvin Gray Johnson (American, 1896 – 1934)