Joan Hartley (sculptor) explained

Joan Hartley (1892–1984) was an American sculptor.^[1] She was a member of the Philadelphia Ten, a group of American female artists who exhibited together from 1917 to 1945. The group, eventually numbering 30 painters and sculptors, exhibited annually in Philadelphia and later had traveling exhibitions at museums throughout the East Coast and the Midwest.^[2]

Hartley attended the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.^[3]

She often served a chairwomen and committee members for exhibitions of the National Association of Women Artists.^[4]

Hartley's sculptures are on display at Brookgreen Gardens in South Carolina.

Works

Furies - A pair of sculptures, one male, one female,1933: Brookgreen Gardens^{[5] [6]}

External links

• Photograph of Joan Hartley, Peter A. Juley & Son Collection, Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum
• Furies - male, one of a pair, by Joan Hartley, 1933: Brookgreen Gardens. Image from Proske, Beatrice Gilman, "Brookgreen Gardens Sculpture, volume 1," [new ed.] Brookgreen, S.C.: Brookgreen Garden, 1968, pg. 331.
• Furies - female, one of a pair, by Joan Hartley, 1933: Brookgreen Gardens. Image from Proske, Beatrice Gilman, "Brookgreen Gardens Sculpture, volume 1," [new ed.] Brookgreen, S.C.: Brookgreen Garden, 1968, pg. 331.
• National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors 36th Annual Exhibition, 1926-1926, Joan Hartley, Sculpture Chairwoman (Page 10)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Joan Hartley artist file : study photographs and reproductions of works of art with accompanying documentation. . 2023-02-15 . en.
2. Book: Talbott . Page . The Philadelphia Ten: A Women's Artist Group, 1917–1945 . Sydney . Patricia Tanis . January 1998 . Galleries at Moore / AAR . 978-1584420477 . 40478663 . August 24, 2021.
3. Book: Catalogue of the Annual Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture . Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts . 1927.
4. February 17, 1927 . Thirty-Sixth Annual Exhibition, National Association Women Painters and Sculptors, 1926–1927 . English . 10.7282/t3-0ghw-n384. No Name Supplied .
5. Web site: The Furies (one of a pair) [sculpture] / (photographer unknown) ]. 2023-02-15 . Smithsonian Learning Lab . en.
6. Book: Salmon, Robin R. . Sculpture of Brookgreen Gardens . 2009 . 978-0-7385-6656-6 . Charleston, South Carolina . 435422601.