Joseph R. Woodwell (1843 – 1911) was an American painter.
Biography
Woodwell was born on September 7, 1842, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He traveled to France where he studied with Charles Gleyre. He was associated with the Scalp Level Group painters in Pennsylvania. Woodwell was the father of the painter Johanna Woodwell Hailman.
Woodwell exhibited his work at the Carnegie International, the National Academy of Design, and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. He also exhibited at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exposition and the 1893 Chicago World's Fair.
He died on May 30, 1911, in Pittsburgh.
Woodwell's work is included in the collection of the Carnegie Museum of Art. His letters are in the Archives of American Art at Smithsonian Institution.