Josephine Church Bissell - Artist Info

About Josephine Church Bissell

  • Biography from Nancy Moure - biographer

    Painter of doll faces at Poppy Doll factory, mid 1920s and active as an artist c. 1932-1944. Member of the Arts Committee of the Music and Arts Fellowship, per “Ruth St. Denis…,” SLO T-T, Sept. 10, 1946, p. 2; FATHER – “Death Summons Dr. Bissell. … Dr. James H. Bissell, 92… He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Edythe M. Bissell of Atascadero; two daughters Josephine Bissell of Atascadero and Elizabeth B. Pollard of Morro Bay…,” SLO T-T, Nov. 13, 1947, p. 8; listed in 1940 U. S. Census as finished high school 4th year and working as an artist on her own account and still residing with her parents and two siblings in Atascadero; listed as an artist and “Rep” in Index to Registration Affidavits, Atascadero No. 4 Precinct, 1942, 1944.

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