William "Willie" Joseph

Photograph included with student application. Courtesy of Western Regional Archives

Courtesy of Western Regional Archives

FOCUS

Art/ Design/ Craft

ROLE

Student

ATTENDANCE

1941 - 1951

BIRTH

1919-02-02

Cincinnati, OH

DEATH

2005-12-16

Annville, PA

William Joseph was a student from 1941 to 1951. He served in Army Air Force during WWII. Before BMC, he attended Attended University School of Cincinnati ,1924-1936, Dartmouth College 1936-1937, Attended Harvard University- College, 1937-1940- B.A., and Harvard University Graduate School of Design, 1940-1941.

Relationships

Wife: Fellow BMC Student, Wilma Fuerstenberg

Courses Taken

Fall 1941: Drawing with Albers, Architecture with Kocher, Werklehre with Albers [looks like he was only able to stay a few weeks before going back to Harvard]

Summer Art Institute 1945: Weaving with Anni Albers, Painting with L. Feininger, Color and Design with Josef Albers, and Sculpture with Zadkine

Fall 1945-1946: Weaving with Anni Albers, Drawing and Painting with Josef Albers, and Woodworking with Molly Gregory

Winter 1945-1946: Weaving with Anni Albers, Drawing, Painting, and Design with Josef Albers

Spring 1945-1946: Weaving with Anni Albers, Drawing, Painting, and Design with Josef Albers, Work Program

Summer Art Institute 1946: Color with Josef Albers and Weaving with Anni Albers.

Fall 1946-1947: Weaving I and Weaving II with Franziska Mayer

Spring 1946-1947: Weaving I and II with Guermonprez and Mayer,Drawing with Ilya Bolotowsky, Farming with Ray Trayer

Fall 1947-1948: Weaving with Trudi Guermonprez, and Drawing with Bolotowsky

Spring 1947-1948: Design with Josef Albers, Weaving with Anni Albers and Trudi Guermonprez

Summer Art Institute 1948: Color with J. Albers, Architecture and Industrial Engineering with Buckminster Fuller

1948-1949: General Chemistry, Elementary Physics with Natasha Goldowski

Spring 1948-1949: Organic Chemistry, Elementary Mathematics with N. Goldowski

Summer Session 1949: Introduction to Mathematics with Scholtz, Calculus with Scholtz, Physics-Classical and Modern with Nathan Rosen.

Fall 1949-1950: Advanced Physics with Goldowski, Intro to Math with Dehn, Geometry for Artists with Dehn, Calculus with Dehn

Spring 1949-1950: Calculus with Dehn, Geometry for Artists with Dehn

Fall 1950-1951: Geometry with Dehn, Work Program

Spring 1950-1951: Geometry with Dehn, Calculus with Dehn

Transcript request from North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering of the University of North Carolina, Raleigh November 1949- Joseph wanted to enter their School of Textiles January 1950.

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