Willoughby Ions

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

Coverlet, watercolor and graphite drawing by Willoughby Ions for the Index of American Design, now held by the National Gallery of Art

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.[1][3]

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. "Finding Aids for Manuscripts & Archives: Goodman Family". Virginia Museum of History and Culture. 12 February 2002. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  2. Bray, Cindy (2013). "The Social and Cultural Elite and the Hidden "Gay" Society". Rainbow Richmond: LGBTQ History of Richmond, VA, 1625-2010. OutHistory. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  3. Marschak, Beth; Lorch, Alex (2008). Lesbian and Gay Richmond. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 14–16. ISBN 978-0-7385-5368-9 – via Google Books.
  4. "Willoughby Ions". National Gallery of Art. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
  5. "Oral history interview with Willoughby Ions, 1964 Mar. 11". Smithsonian Archives of American Art. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
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