Josephine Paddock

Josephine Paddock (April 18, 1885 – February 20, 1964) was an American painter born in New York City. She earned a B.A. degree at Barnard College and studied at the Art Students League with Robert Henri, Kenyon Cox, William Merritt Chase, and John Alexander.^[1]

Josephine Paddock
Born	(1885-04-18)April 18, 1885 New York City
Died	February 20, 1964(1964-02-20) (aged 78)
Education	Barnard College; Art Students League
Known for	Painting

Her sister Ethel Louise Paddock was born two years later. She also studied with Henri and would also become a painter and a member of the National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors.^[2][3] Both sisters would go on to exhibit at Henri's Exhibition of Independent Artists in 1910,^[3] a show that in some ways was a prototype for the Armory Show three years later.

Armory Show of 1913

Paddock was one of the artists who exhibited at this landmark show. The show included three of her watercolors. These were: Swans on the grass ($50), Swan study-peace ($50), and Swan study-aspiration ($50).^[4]

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  Swan on the Grass, 1910 (black & white reproductions)
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  Swan Study - Aspiration, 1910
• 
  Swan Study - Peace, 1910

Her work was among forty-eight 19th and 20th Century paintings in the collection of Seymour R. Thaler and Mildred Thaler Cohen which was bequeathed to the Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, Connecticut, in 2000.

Paddock was a member of the American Watercolor Society, Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, New Haven Paint & Clay Club, Grand Central Art Gallery, NYC, North Shore Art Association, Gloucester, MA, American Artist Professional League.^[5]

The Josephine Paddock Fellowship is the highest award for graduate studies in the arts at Barnard College, Columbia University, in New York City.^[1]

References

1. "Artist Biographies: Josephine Paddock, 1885-1964". Fine Old Art. Archived from the original on 12 June 2007. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
2. Fielding, Mantle; Opitz, Glenn B. (1986). Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers. Poughkeepsie, NY: Apollo Books. ISBN 9780938290049. OCLC 14211054.
3. "A Finding Aid to the Josephine Paddock papers, circa 1890-1963". Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Archived from the original on 9 February 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
4. Brown, Milton W., "The Story of the Armory Show", The Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1963, pp. 274–75
5. "Paddock, Josephine, b. 1885". Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America, The Frick Collection. Archived from the original on 26 June 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2013.

External links

• Three Swan Studies by Josephine Paddock
• Josephine Paddock paintings at Blouin Art Sales Index
• Taking Tea, by Josephine Paddock