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. She also studied with Henri and would also become a painter and a member of the National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors.
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Josephine Paddock

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- Name
- Josephine Paddock
- Born
- 18 April 1885
- Birthplace
- New York City
- Died
- 20 February 1964
- Field
- Painting
- Training
- Barnard College Art Students League
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- painter
- Education
- Barnard College · Art Students League of New York
- Teachers
- Robert Henri
- Languages
- English
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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. She also studied with Henri and would also become a painter and a member of the National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors.
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Both sisters would go on to exhibit at Henri's Exhibition of Independent Artists in 1910, a show that in some ways was a prototype for the Armory Show three years later.
Josephine Paddock studied at Barnard College and Art Students League of New York. Training under Robert Henri is recorded. The recorded working language is English. The field of work recorded is painting. Work by Josephine Paddock is recorded in the collections of Mattatuck Museum.

Josephine Paddock, from the 1906 yearbook of Barnard College
Barnard College, Mortarboard (1906 yearbook).
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• Name — Josephine Paddock • Born — 18 April 1885 • Birthplace — New York City • Died — 20 February 1964 • Place of death — New York City • Field — Painting • Training — Barnard College Art Students League
Armory Show of 1913
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). • Illustration — Swan on the Grass, 1910 (black & white reproductions) • Illustration — Swan Study - Aspiration, 1910 • Illustration — 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. The Josephine Paddock Fellowship is the highest award for graduate studies in the arts at Barnard College, Columbia University, in New York City.
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- 1.The New York Times Company. Josephine Paddock, Painter. The New York Times. February 22, 1964.
- 2.Artist Biographies: Josephine Paddock, 1885-1964. Fine Old Art.
- 3.Fielding, Mantle. Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers. Apollo Books. 1986. 9780938290049.
- 4.A Finding Aid to the Josephine Paddock papers, circa 1890-1963. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- 5.Brown, Milton W., "The Story of the Armory Show", The Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1963, pp. 274–75
- 6.Paddock, Josephine, b. 1885. Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America, The Frick Collection.
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