Background
Kopenhaver, Josephine Young was born on June 9, 1908 in Seattle, Washington, United States. Daughter of George Samuel and Blanche Cecilia (Castle) Young.
Kopenhaver, Josephine Young was born on June 9, 1908 in Seattle, Washington, United States. Daughter of George Samuel and Blanche Cecilia (Castle) Young.
Bachelor of Arts California, 1928. Master of Fine Arts, University Southern California, 1937. Postgraduate, Chouinard Art Institute, 1947.
Postgraduate, Claremont Graduate School, 1951. Postgraduate, Claremont Graduate School, 1967. Postgraduate, Otis Art Institute, 1955.
Professor art Chaffee Junior College, Ontario, California, 1946-1947, Los Angeles City College, 1948-1973, Woodbury University, Los Angeles, 1973-1976, summer sessions California State University, Los Angeles, 1950, Pasadena City College, 1949,Otis The Art Institute of Chicago, Los Angeles, 1959, Pasadena The Art Institute of Chicago, 1948. Professional painter, exhibiting artist, 1933. Consultant Art Historians, Carmel, California Workincluded in exhibits museum private galleries United States and Mexico, 1933, including Hatfield Galleries, Los Los Angeles
Art juror.
Represented Archives ofAm. Art Oakland (California) Art Museum. Eproductions of paintings in New York Art Review, 1988, California Art Review, 1989.
Winner first award in oil Los Angeles Art Festival, 1936, various art awards.
Member of California Teachers Association, Artists Economic Action, Audubon Artists, National Watercolor Society, Los Angeles Art Association, Los Angeles Athletic Club, Zeta Tau Alpha.
Married Ralph Witmer Kopenhaver, April 11, 1931.