Joshua Tolford

1910 - 1985

Joshua Tolford was born in Thorp, Wisconsin. He studied art at the Layton Art School in Milwaukee and the Boston Museum School. He studied landscape painting with Anthony Thieme in Rockport and was a member of the Rockport Art Association. Tolford was a technical artist and worked for the research firm of Arthur D. Little in Cambridge until retiring in 1972. He also did illustrations for children’s books. He married Irina Poroshina, a Russian immigrant and a fellow member of the Folly Cove Designers.