Stanley Jerome Hoxie
American, 1895 - 1981
Place of BirthWest Warwick, Rhode Island
Artist for the Connecticut Art Project, Works Project Administration, Federal Art Project. Part of the Index of American Design.
Hoxie studied at the East Greenwich Academy and then at the Rhode Island School of Design for two and a half years. He did a study of color at the Eastman Kodak Research Laboratory.
He completed a total of 82 paintings for the WPA Federal Arts Project, many of them for the Index of American Design. Hoxie’s style of painting was described by WPA officials as “conservative realism.” In 1959 Groton named a highway scenic outlook after him.
Hoxie studied at the East Greenwich Academy and then at the Rhode Island School of Design for two and a half years. He did a study of color at the Eastman Kodak Research Laboratory.
He completed a total of 82 paintings for the WPA Federal Arts Project, many of them for the Index of American Design. Hoxie’s style of painting was described by WPA officials as “conservative realism.” In 1959 Groton named a highway scenic outlook after him.