Joy Postle Papers 1912-2006

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Joy Postle Papers 1912-2006

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Joy Postle was an artist best known for her murals and paintings of Florida wildlife, especially birds. These papers contain correspondence, news clippings, drawings, paintings, a scrapbook and many photographs documenting Joy Postle's life and work. Most of the collection is devoted to her art in all its forms and images that she used for inspiration.

9 Boxes; 6 linear feet

eng,

Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries,

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Katherine Joy Postle was born on January 20th, 1896 in Chicago to Oliver Hambleton Postle and Mary M. Brown. Joy, as she was known, earned a scholarship to attend the Art Institute of Chicago where she studied both music and art. After graduation, Postle moved to rural Idaho becoming certified to teach music and art. When she opened a studio in Boise, Idaho and was receiving attention as an interior decorator and artist, a local journalist named Robert Blackstone came to interview h...