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Lester Frederick Johnson BIOGRAPHY
1919 Minneapolis, Minnesota - 2010 Westhampton, New York. Known for: Modernist street people figure and genre painting, teaching.
Following is The New York Times obituary of Lester Johnson. "Lester Johnson, Expressionist Painter, Dies at 91" . By William Grimes. June 8, 2010. Lester Johnson, an admired artist whose... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of Lester Johnson. "Lester Johnson, Expressionist Painter, Dies at 91" . By William Grimes. June 8, 2010. Lester Johnson, an admired artist whose expressionist brushwork lent vigor and force to the human figure — isolated and embattled, or alive with the joy... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of Lester Johnson. "Lester Johnson, Expressionist Painter, Dies at 91" . By William Grimes. June 8, 2010. Lester Johnson, an admired artist whose expressionist brushwork lent vigor and force to the human figure — isolated and embattled, or alive with the joy of movement in crowds — died on May 30. He was 91 and lived in Southampton on Long Island. His death, at a nursing home in Westhampton, N.Y., was confirmed by his son, Anthony. Mr. Johnson, a... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of Lester Johnson. "Lester Johnson, Expressionist Painter, Dies at 91" . By William Grimes. June 8, 2010. Lester Johnson, an admired artist whose expressionist brushwork lent vigor and force to the human figure — isolated and embattled, or alive with the joy of movement in crowds — died on May 30. He was 91 and lived in Southampton on Long Island. His death, at a nursing home in Westhampton, N.Y., was confirmed by his son, Anthony. Mr. Johnson, a maverick associate of the Abstract Expressionists in New York, found his subject matter in the joys and sorrows of ordinary people on the street. His boxy figures of the 1960s, somberly painted in thick impasto their features often scratched into the... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of Lester Johnson. "Lester Johnson, Expressionist Painter, Dies at 91" . By William Grimes. June 8, 2010. Lester Johnson, an admired artist whose expressionist brushwork lent vigor and force to the human figure — isolated and embattled, or alive with the joy of movement in crowds — died on May 30. He was 91 and lived in Southampton on Long Island. His death, at a nursing home in Westhampton, N.Y., was confirmed by his son, Anthony. Mr. Johnson, a maverick associate of the Abstract Expressionists in New York, found his subject matter in the joys and sorrows of ordinary people on the street. His boxy figures of the 1960s, somberly painted in thick impasto their features often scratched into the surface, faced the viewer squarely with an air of stoicism or grim defiance. Some were self-portrait... Read full biography
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Following is The New York Times obituary of Lester Johnson.
"Lester Johnson, Expressionist Painter, Dies at 91"
By William Grimes
June 8, 2010
Lester Johnson, an admired artist whose expressionist brushwork lent vigor and force to the human figure — isolated and embattled, or alive with the joy of movement in crowds — died on May 30. He was 91 and lived in Southampton on Long Island.
His death, at a nursing home in Westhampton, N.Y., was confirmed by his son, Anthony.
Mr. Johnson, a maverick associate of the Abstract Expressionists in New York, found his subject matter in the joys and sorrows of ordinary people on the street. His boxy figures of the 1960s, somberly painted in thick impas...But wait, there's more...
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