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)
Arthur George Murphy (American, 1906-1991)
Mortimer Borne (American, 1902-1987)
Fred Becker (American, 1913-2004)
Dayton Brandfield (American, 1911 - 1993)
Harry Gottlieb (American, 1895 – 1992)
Aaron Douglas (American, 1899 – 1979)
LaVerne Nelson Black (American, 1887-1939)
Jolan Gross Bettelheim (Hungarian, 1900–1972)
Fritz Eichenberg (American, 1901 – 1990)
Philip Reisman (American, 1904-1992)
Saul Kovner (American, 1904-1981)
Nan Lurie (American, 1910–1985)
Miné Okubo (American, 1912 – 2001)
Joseph Hirsch (American, 1910–1981)