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)
Aaron Douglas (American, 1899 – 1979)
Earnest Yarbrough (American, 1923–1980)
Howard Taft Lorenz (American, 1906-1956)
Hugh Botts (American, 1903–1964)
E. Muler (American, 20th Century)
Marguerite Redman Dorgeloh (American, 1890–1944)
Lynd Ward (American, 1905-1985)
Nan Lurie (American, 1910–1985)
Jacob Kainen (American, 1909 – 2001)
Jennie Lewis (American, 1892–1944)
Fred Becker (American, 1913-2004)
Chet Harmon La More (American, 1908-1980)
Rosa Rush (American, 20th century)
Moses Soyer (American, 1899 – 1974)
Albert Abramovitz (American, 1879–1963)