The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
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Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
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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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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesWho's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition)
2004McGowan, Alison C (Editor)1,512 pagesWho Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesWho's Who in American Art, 1997-1998
1997Marquis Who's Who1,515 pagesWho's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)
1993Bowker R R1,473 pagesAnnual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
1989
(Exhibition catalog)Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)538 pagesContemporary Artists (3rd Edition)
1989Naylor, Colin (editor)1,059 pagesThe American Painting Collection of the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery
1988Geske, Norman and Karen O. Janovy376 pages (color)The Figurative Fifties New York Figurative Expressionism
1988
(Exhibition catalog)Schimmel, Paul195 pages (color)Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition)
1987Cummings, Paul653 pagesAlbright-Knox Art Gallery Painting and Sculpture/Acquisitions since 1972
1987Krane, Susan379 pages (color)Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986Jaques Cattell Press1,292 pagesMantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986Opitz, Glenn B (editor)1,081 pages300 Years of American Art (two volumes)
1986Zellman, Michael David1,102 pages (color)Twentieth Century American Drawin from the Arkansas Arts Center
1984
(Exhibition catalog)Glover, John/Townsend Wolfe95 pagesPaintings and Sculpture In the Permanent Collection
1983Bermingham, Peter/Daphne Deeds273 pages (color)American Art Since 1945
1982Ashton, Dore224 pages (color)American Paintings at Yale University: An illustrated Checklist
1982
(Exhibition catalog)Stebbins, Theodore/G Gorokhoff213 pagesThe Oxford Companion to Twentieth Century Art
1981Osborne, Harold656 pages (color)American Figure Painting 1950-198
1980
(Exhibition catalog)Styron, Thomas W115 pages (color)The New York School The Painters & Sculptors of the Fifties
1978Sandler, Irving366 pages (color)Tenth Street Days The Co-Ops of the 50's
1977
(Exhibition catalog)Bard, Joellan80 pagesPainting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art
1977Barr, Alfred H655 pagesProvincetown Painters 1890's-1970's
1977
(Exhibition catalog)Everson Museum of Art289 pagesPrint Reference Sources Bibliography 18th-20th Centuries
1975Mason, Lauris/Joan Ludman246 pagesArt on the Edge Creators and Situations
1975Rosenberg, Harold303 pagesThe New Humanism Art in a Time of Change
1974Schwartz, Barry192 pages (color)The De-definition of Art Action Art to Pop to Earthworks
1972Rosenberg, Harold256 pagesL'art Vivant aux Etats-Unis
1970
(Exhibition catalog)Fondation Maeght164 pages (color)The American Collection Representative Paintings/Phoenix Art Museum
1965
(Exhibition catalog)Museum of Northern Arizona16 pagesAmerican Drawings
1964
(Exhibition catalog)Solomon R Guggenheim Museum48 pagesRecent Painting U S A / The Figur
1962
(Exhibition catalog)Museum of Modern Art40 pages