Magnolia Blossoms
ca. 1935-1941
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 91.8 × 101.9 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-140133
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 …
Provenance
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from General Services Administration
Registry history
- ca. 1935-1941 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum
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