Background
Messina, Joseph R. was born in 1904 in Newark, EAST0.
Messina, Joseph R. was born in 1904 in Newark, EAST0.
Graduate, Fawcett Art School, Newark, 1920; student, National Academy Design, New York City, 1923; student, George B. Bridgeman, 1924; student, Arts Student League, New York City.
Guest artist Bayonne (New Jersey) Art Museum Art Gallery.
Son of Joseph Messina and Grace (Grazia) Catania. Widowed; children: Joanna (deceased), Maryanna (deceased), Bernice Messina Gates.