Background
Boghossian, Joan Thompson was born on March 6, 1932 in Newport, Rhode Island, United States. Daughter of Joseph and Hope (Bliss) Thompson.
Boghossian, Joan Thompson was born on March 6, 1932 in Newport, Rhode Island, United States. Daughter of Joseph and Hope (Bliss) Thompson.
Bachelor of Science, University Rhode Island, 1953.
Member of others, New England Watercolor Society (James W. Duffy award 1998), South County Art Association (1st prize Open Annual South County award 1997, Kinney award Best Floral Painting 1996, C. Gordon Harris award 1993, Herbert Richard Cross award 1992, Best Marine Painting Loring award 1990, Florence B. Kane award 1989, Art Association award 1987), Wickford Art Association (1st place in show 1996, 2nd place in oil 1994, 1st place all-medal 1993), Mystic Art Association (1st place watercolor Annual Regional Exhibition 1990, 1992, 1993, 1995, Mystic Manor Special award for Aquatint 1992), Rhode Island Watercolor Society (Doctor Edwin Dunlop Memorial award 1997, Grumbacher gold medallion 1990, 1993, 1994, 1st place Watercolor Society Open 1987, 1988, 1991), Providence Art Club (Frederick Sisson award 1988), Copley Society Boston, Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club (Anna Hyatt Huntington medal 1996, Mary Hill Memorial award 1998).
Married Paul O. Boghossian Junior, 1952 (deceased July 1995). Children: Carol Boghossian Spencer, Paul O. III, David M., Nancy Boghossian Staples.