The following is from Scott L Peeler, Jr., Valrico, Florida. He is the maternal grandson of the artist through his mother, Emily Willis Peeler. The artist, known as J.R., was born in Goloid Community... Read full biography
The following is from Scott L Peeler, Jr., Valrico, Florida. He is the maternal grandson of the artist through his mother, Emily Willis Peeler. The artist, known as J.R., was born in Goloid Community Screven County, Georgia, near Sylvania, on the 24th of November, 1876. He died December 30, 1960 in... Read full biography
The following is from Scott L Peeler, Jr., Valrico, Florida. He is the maternal grandson of the artist through his mother, Emily Willis Peeler. The artist, known as J.R., was born in Goloid Community Screven County, Georgia, near Sylvania, on the 24th of November, 1876. He died December 30, 1960 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He married Tempie Easterling of Reidsville, Georgia in 1899. They had a son and two daughters and were divorced. In 1916, he married Violet Powell of Ontario, Canada. Willis... Read full biography
The following is from Scott L Peeler, Jr., Valrico, Florida. He is the maternal grandson of the artist through his mother, Emily Willis Peeler. The artist, known as J.R., was born in Goloid Community Screven County, Georgia, near Sylvania, on the 24th of November, 1876. He died December 30, 1960 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He married Tempie Easterling of Reidsville, Georgia in 1899. They had a son and two daughters and were divorced. In 1916, he married Violet Powell of Ontario, Canada. Willis is best known for his Indian photographs and paintings and Southwestern landscapes. During the winters, he spent time in the Miami, Florida area where most of his brothers, sister, and mother lived, and from there, he made frequent trips to Cuba,... Read full biography
The following is from Scott L Peeler, Jr., Valrico, Florida. He is the maternal grandson of the artist through his mother, Emily Willis Peeler. The artist, known as J.R., was born in Goloid Community Screven County, Georgia, near Sylvania, on the 24th of November, 1876. He died December 30, 1960 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He married Tempie Easterling of Reidsville, Georgia in 1899. They had a son and two daughters and were divorced. In 1916, he married Violet Powell of Ontario, Canada. Willis is best known for his Indian photographs and paintings and Southwestern landscapes. During the winters, he spent time in the Miami, Florida area where most of his brothers, sister, and mother lived, and from there, he made frequent trips to Cuba, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic where he did landscape painting. He also made frequent pai... Read full biography
Joseph Willis - Artist Info
About Joseph Willis: Books
Books & Publications (5)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Indian Trader: The Life and Times of J.L. Hubbell
2000
Blue, Martha
356 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Canyon de Chelly 100 Years of Painting and Photography
1996
Hagerty, Donald J
120 pages (color)
Artists of the American West: Three Volumes A Biographical Dictionary