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1874 Big Grove, Iowa - 1939 Los Angeles, California. Known for: Western genre, landscape, and nocturne painting.
Born near Big Grove, Iowa, Frank Tenney Johnson, became one of the most famous early 20th-century painters of Western genre. He was raised on a farm on the old Overland Trail where he observed... Read full biography
Born near Big Grove, Iowa, Frank Tenney Johnson, became one of the most famous early 20th-century painters of Western genre. He was raised on a farm on the old Overland Trail where he observed western migration of people on horseback, in stage coaches, and in covered wagons. At age of 10, he moved... Read full biography
Born near Big Grove, Iowa, Frank Tenney Johnson, became one of the most famous early 20th-century painters of Western genre. He was raised on a farm on the old Overland Trail where he observed western migration of people on horseback, in stage coaches, and in covered wagons. At age of 10, he moved with his family to Milwaukee, and he apprenticed there to panorama painter F.W. Heine (1845-1921), whose specialty was painting horses. From that time, Johnson was ever studying the horse and became... Read full biography
Born near Big Grove, Iowa, Frank Tenney Johnson, became one of the most famous early 20th-century painters of Western genre. He was raised on a farm on the old Overland Trail where he observed western migration of people on horseback, in stage coaches, and in covered wagons. At age of 10, he moved with his family to Milwaukee, and he apprenticed there to panorama painter F.W. Heine (1845-1921), whose specialty was painting horses. From that time, Johnson was ever studying the horse and became noted for his ability to portray it accurately. Then he studied with Richard Lorenz, a member of the Society of Western Painters, and he gave Johnson valuable techniques as well as great enthusiasm for the West. Inheriting a small amount of money... Read full biography
Born near Big Grove, Iowa, Frank Tenney Johnson, became one of the most famous early 20th-century painters of Western genre. He was raised on a farm on the old Overland Trail where he observed western migration of people on horseback, in stage coaches, and in covered wagons. At age of 10, he moved with his family to Milwaukee, and he apprenticed there to panorama painter F.W. Heine (1845-1921), whose specialty was painting horses. From that time, Johnson was ever studying the horse and became noted for his ability to portray it accurately. Then he studied with Richard Lorenz, a member of the Society of Western Painters, and he gave Johnson valuable techniques as well as great enthusiasm for the West. Inheriting a small amount of money allowed Johnson in 1895 to go to New York to study at the Art Students League for five months. Then he re... Read full biography
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- Legends of the West" The Foxley CollectionDecember 2006Joyner, J. BrooksAmerican Art Review
- The Gund Collection at the Eiteljorg MuseumFebruary 2006Campbell, SuzanAmerican Art Review
- Women Artists of Santa FeOctober 2004Grauer, Michael RAmerican Art Review
- What's NewsSeptember 2004Editors, Art of the WestArt of the West
- Way Out WestAugust 2004Flood, Elizabeth ClairSouthwest Art
- Recent BooksMay 2004Editors, Southwest ArtSouthwest Art
- What's NewsMay 2003Editors, Art of the WestArt of the West
- Collecting FeverApril 2003Gangelhoff, BonnieSouthwest Art
- Sid Richardson Collection WesternDecember 2001Brenneman, JanAmerican Art Review
- Adobe DreamMay 2001Campbell, VirginiaSanta Fean
- Art EventsNovember 2000Editors, Southwest ArtSouthwest Art
- Tradition Lives On/CA Art ClubJune 2000Stavig, VickieArt of the West
- Masters of Western ArtDecember 1999Hagerty, Donald JSouthwest Art
- Best of the WestJuly 1999Busler, LeslieSouthwest Art
- Winds of ChangeMarch 1999May, StephenSouthwest Art
- Painted Light: California ImpressionismFebruary 1999Stern, JeanAmerican Art Review
- A Winning CollectionOctober 1997Schackelford, BruceSouthwest Art