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 416)
M. Wolfe (American, 20th century)
David Burke (American, 1935–1943)
Joseph Thomas Williams (American, 1916–1976)
Fritz Eichenberg (American, 1901 – 1990)
Fred Becker (American, 1913-2004)
Arthur George Murphy (American, 1906-1991)
Loren MacIver (American, 1909 – 1998)
Abraham Mark Datz (American, 1889-1969)
James Nibbie (American, 20th Century)
Jolan Gross Bettelheim (Hungarian, 1900–1972)
Frank Stamato (American, 1897-1939)
LaVerne Nelson Black (American, 1887-1939)
Edmund Lewandowski (American, 1914–1998)
Joseph Vogel (American, 1911-1995)
Blanche Grambs (American, 1916–2010)