Magnolia Blossoms

Object Details

Date
ca. 1935-1941
Artist
Josephine Joy, born North River Mills, WV 1869-died Peoria, IL 1948
Gallery Label
Josephine Joy grew up on an Illinois farm, where she loved to sketch birds, trees, and flowers. Circumstances prevented her from following her artistic calling until 1927, after her children were grown and her husband had died. Joy lived in California then, and the WPA's California Art Project afforded her the opportunity to work gainfully as an artist. In the 1930s, "non-academic" painters were increasingly celebrated alongside their professional peers. By the early 1940s, Joy was a nationally acclaimed painter whose work had been featured in a solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
Topic
Still life\flower\magnolia
New Deal\Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project\California
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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
Department
Painting and Sculpture
On View
Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1st Floor, West Wing
Credit Line
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from General Services Administration
Data Source
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Object number
1971.447.44
Type
Painting
Folk Art
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
36 1/8 x 40 1/8 in. (91.8 x 101.9 cm.)
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk73bc92822-0f03-46ff-bf88-a1ed327bca1b
Record ID
saam_1971.447.44