Willoughby Ions

Willoughby Ions (1881-1977) was an American composer, artist, poet and dramatist. She was an Art administrator for the Federal Art Project.

Illustration by Ions of a chair for the Index of American Design, now held by the National Gallery of Art

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Born Estelle de Willoughby Ions in New Orleans, she was married twice.[1] She wrote the play The Age of Innocents and the opera All in a Golden Springtime. She was a member of the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia.[2] She was a partner of Adèle Clark, who was her first cousin.[3][1]

Some of her artworks are held at the National Gallery of Art.[4] Her papers are held at the Virginia Historical Society.[1] In 1964 she was interviewed as part of an oral history project by the Archives of American Art.[5]

References
  1. "Goodman Family". Virginia Historical Society. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  3. Beth Marschak, Alex Lorch (2008). Lesbian and Gay Richmond. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7385-5368-9.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  4. "Willoughby Ions". National Gallery of Art. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
  5. "Oral history interview with Willoughby Ions, 1964 Mar. 11". www.aaa.si.edu. Retrieved 2020-04-16.


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