ARTIST: Joy Biddle (Massachusetts, Maine, 1928 - 2007)
NAME: Coastal Seascape - New England Coast (titled on stretcher verso)
MEDIUM: acrylic on canvas
CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light.
SIGHT SIZE: 20 x 26 inches / 50 x 66 cm
FRAME SIZE: 21 x 27 inches / 53 x 68 cm
SIGNATURE: lower right and on verso
CATEGORY: antique vintage painting
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BIOGRAPHY:
Joy was born June 21, 1928, in Cambridge, Mass., the daughter of Stephen M. Biddle Sr. and Helen Pattee Biddle. She graduated from Brimmer and May School in Boston, Garland Junior College in Boston with an Art degree, and attended Gaucher College in Baltimore, Md.Joy loved the arts and was a Founding Mother of Women Singing Out and a Founding Mother of Women in Harmony. She was a past member of several Art Associations, a member of Chorus Shore, and a strong supporter of Maine Public Broadcasting Network. Joy loved singing and harmonizing in her choir group. She was also a member of the Unitarian Church in Kennebunk.Joy was a collector. She collected things, people, and ideas and never let go of any of them. When she loved, she loved unconditionally. She was a woman of extremely strong opinions and was deeply loved in spite, and because of her idiosyncrasies. She was well known locally for her paintings of the Maine Coast. She was very pleased to be able to make a living with her art.