Philadelphia's art world lost a legend last week. Joseph Tiberino, patriarch of a family known to many as "The West Philly Wyeths," died on Friday, Feb. 19, 2016 in the sprawling Powelton compound that was home to his family, his art studio and to the Ellen Powell Tiberino Memorial Museum. He was 77.
The prolific artist was married to Ellen Powell Tiberino, the late doyenne of African-American art, and is father of painter/comics artist Raphael, EMR consultant Latif, muralist Gabe and sculptor/ceramicist Ellen. The tight-knit family of artists has maintained home studios near 38th and Hamilton streets, including the Ellen Powell Tiberino Memorial Museum, founded in 1999, seven years after its namesake's death from cancer at 54.
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