Joan Villette Hutt (1913–1985) was a British artist who spent most of her career in North Wales.

Joan Villette[1] Hutt was born on 16 September 1913 in Aspenden, Hertfordshire, England[2] Her father, John Hutt MBE, was posted with the Ministry of Food in Malta at that time, but had sent his wife back to England to give birth.

It was said at her first exhibition: "Easily the most sensational work in the show was that of its youngest contributor, Miss Joan Hutt, who is only 19.. her fine study...entitled 'Trees' should place her in the front rank...".

[3] In 1936, she was awarded first prize in oil painting at the Bank of England Arts Exhibition for her painting "Still Life" whose "emphatic rhythmic properties are conveyed with buoyant verve"[4] and a "work in which form, colour and texture combine in a robust effect – with a hint of Chirico in the choice of material"[5] In 1938, she again received first prize for her work "Girl in a Chair"[6] In the same exhibition, her painting "Winter Landscape" was described as "a quite extraordinary picture – across this chilly canvas faint spirits move against a bleak background of variegated blue"[6] At the Bank of England, she also met Leslie Bonnet, who was editor of the Bank's literary magazine – The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street.

Hutt moved with her family from Flaunden in Hertfordshire to a ramshackle manor house, Ymwlch Fawr, near Criccieth, North Wales, in 1949.

In her adopted home, continued painting, finding inspiration in the stunning Welsh landscapes, as well as bringing up a family of five children (Lesley b.

She was co-founder of the Porthmadog Art Club[9] and a member of the "North Wales Group" of artists which included Sir Kyffin Williams, Elis Gwyn, Tom Gerrard, Roy Ostle, Karel Lek, Jonah Jones, Arthur Pritchard, Claudia Williams, Donald McIntyre, Helen Steinthal and Peter Chadwick.

A selected list of her exhibitions is given below: Hutt's exhibitions were extensively reviewed; a selection of reviewers' comments can be seen below: "The exhibition of 40 paintings at Port Meirion by Joan Hutt is a significant first 'one-man show' that registers an important breakthrough for a well-known North Wales artist, prevented for years from giving full expression to her talent;[12] "Her painting is of a vibrant artist who allows a free expression of their innermost feelings, despite their respect for rules and a certain sensuality which is revealed in the key and pasted in relief" (translated from French);[17] "She uses oils and her paintings exude a sensual delight and a sense of the framework, the skeleton of natural forms";[18] "The Welsh scene has certainly afforded a very fruitful source of inspiration to Mrs Hutt...as a water-colourist, Mrs Hutt is specially impressive in her flower subjects with their engaging air of spontaneous simplicity.