Joseph Pickett (1848–1918) was an American Naïve painter.
His father, Edward Pickett, had moved to New Hope in 1840 to repair one of the canal locks there and stayed to become a boatbuilder.
[1] Joseph worked a variety of jobs throughout his life, including carpenter, shipbuilder, carny, and storekeeper.
[2] He operated shooting galleries in the carnival and opened one of his own in Neshaminy Falls, Pennsylvania.
[3] He married around the age of 45 and left the carnival to open a general store.