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1910 St. Kitts, British West Indies - 1992 Brussels, Belgium. Known for: Abstract painting, printmaking and murals.
Ronald Joseph, painter, printmaker, muralist, was born in 1910 on St. Kitts, in the West Indies. With the benefit of scholarships he was educated in New York at the Ethical Culture School, Fieldston... Read full biography
Ronald Joseph, painter, printmaker, muralist, was born in 1910 on St. Kitts, in the West Indies. With the benefit of scholarships he was educated in New York at the Ethical Culture School, Fieldston School and Pratt Institute, Brooklyn. In the company of Robert Blackburn, he studied printmaking... Read full biography
Ronald Joseph, painter, printmaker, muralist, was born in 1910 on St. Kitts, in the West Indies. With the benefit of scholarships he was educated in New York at the Ethical Culture School, Fieldston School and Pratt Institute, Brooklyn. In the company of Robert Blackburn, he studied printmaking with Riva Helfond at the Harlem Arts Center where he also served as a teacher. He was a participant in the mural section of the WPA and a representative of the Harlem Artists' Guild to the New York... Read full biography
Ronald Joseph, painter, printmaker, muralist, was born in 1910 on St. Kitts, in the West Indies. With the benefit of scholarships he was educated in New York at the Ethical Culture School, Fieldston School and Pratt Institute, Brooklyn. In the company of Robert Blackburn, he studied printmaking with Riva Helfond at the Harlem Arts Center where he also served as a teacher. He was a participant in the mural section of the WPA and a representative of the Harlem Artists' Guild to the New York Worlds Fair (1939-1940). Joseph enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps at the declaration of World War II and was posted as a member of the ground crew at Tuskegee, Alabama, and in Michigan. After the war he was awarded a Rosenwald Fellowship, permitting him... Read full biography
Ronald Joseph, painter, printmaker, muralist, was born in 1910 on St. Kitts, in the West Indies. With the benefit of scholarships he was educated in New York at the Ethical Culture School, Fieldston School and Pratt Institute, Brooklyn. In the company of Robert Blackburn, he studied printmaking with Riva Helfond at the Harlem Arts Center where he also served as a teacher. He was a participant in the mural section of the WPA and a representative of the Harlem Artists' Guild to the New York Worlds Fair (1939-1940). Joseph enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps at the declaration of World War II and was posted as a member of the ground crew at Tuskegee, Alabama, and in Michigan. After the war he was awarded a Rosenwald Fellowship, permitting him to travel and live in Peru for two years. Joseph used the G.l. bill to study in Paris at the Grande Chaumière. He resides in Brussels... Read full biography
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Ronald Joseph, painter, printmaker, muralist, was born in 1910 on St. Kitts, in the West Indies. With the benefit of scholarships he was educated in New York at the Ethical Culture School, Fieldston School and Pratt Institute, Brooklyn. In the company of Robert Blackburn, he studied printmaking with Riva Helfond at the Harlem Arts Center where he also served as a teacher.
He was a participant in the mural section of the WPA and a representative of the Harlem Artists' Guild to the New York Worlds Fair (1939-1940).
Joseph enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps at the declaration of World War II and was posted as a member of the ground crew at Tuskegee, Alabama, and in Michigan. After the war he was awarded a Rosenwald Fellowship, permitting him to travel and live in Peru for two years. Joseph used the G.l. bill to study in Paris at the Grande Chaumière. He resides in Brussels where he continues to work as a painter.
Source:
Nina Castelli Sundell, Introduction; Leslie King-Hammond, Essay and Curator, Printmakers and the WPA, www.lehman.cuny.edu/vpadvance/artgallery/gallery/wpa/prints.htm (Accessed 6/20/2013)