Joseph Alexander Cain (27 May 1920 – 8 September 1980) was an American artist, educator, and art critic.
[6] Joseph Alexander Cain was an American painter and mosaicist who was born in Henderson, Tennessee, on 27 May 1920, and died on 8 September 1980, in Corpus Christi, Texas.
7, in the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Exhibition in Philadelphia, Albert Christ-Janer of the Pratt Institute spoke of Cain’s “[t]echnical competence, which I always like in a watercolor.
[1][2][3][5][7] Cain taught at Corpus Christi High School, W. B. Ray High School, and Del Mar College where he served as a professor and chairperson of the art department and began the National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show at Del Mar College in 1966.
[3] Explaining Cain’s motivation to begin this show, Eddie Lambert, professor emeritus of art at Del Mar College, wrote, “Joseph Cain’s original intention was to bring noteworthy people from the art world so that students and community could benefit from the experience.”[4] Students and the community were exposed to such jurors as Charles Umlauf, George Segal, Frank Gallo, Peter Voulkos, Duane Hanson, Seymour Lipton, Marisol Escobar, Mel Ramos, John Chamberlain, James Surls, Jesus Bautista Moroles, and many others since the inception of the show.