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1901 Florence, South Carolina - 1970 Long Island, New York. Known for: Naive genre, figure, still life painting, serigraphs, drawing.
Known for distinctive modernist images of African American life, William Johnson died destitute and deranged from syphilis, having spent the last twenty-three years of his life in the Central Islip... Read full biography
Known for distinctive modernist images of African American life, William Johnson died destitute and deranged from syphilis, having spent the last twenty-three years of his life in the Central Islip Sate Hospital on Long Island. He stopped painting in 1956. One of his chief sponsors and exhibitors... Read full biography
Known for distinctive modernist images of African American life, William Johnson died destitute and deranged from syphilis, having spent the last twenty-three years of his life in the Central Islip Sate Hospital on Long Island. He stopped painting in 1956. One of his chief sponsors and exhibitors for his art was the New York Harmon Foundation, which, in 1929, presented him the "Award for Distinguished Achievements Among Negroes in the Fine Arts Field." Most of his work was handed over to the... Read full biography
Known for distinctive modernist images of African American life, William Johnson died destitute and deranged from syphilis, having spent the last twenty-three years of his life in the Central Islip Sate Hospital on Long Island. He stopped painting in 1956. One of his chief sponsors and exhibitors for his art was the New York Harmon Foundation, which, in 1929, presented him the "Award for Distinguished Achievements Among Negroes in the Fine Arts Field." Most of his work was handed over to the Harmon Foundation, now defunct, by a court that deemed his works without value. In turn the Foundation donated the work to the Smithsonian Institution, which had a retrospective of his work in 1970. In 1997, a lawsuit was filed by his relatives... Read full biography
Known for distinctive modernist images of African American life, William Johnson died destitute and deranged from syphilis, having spent the last twenty-three years of his life in the Central Islip Sate Hospital on Long Island. He stopped painting in 1956. One of his chief sponsors and exhibitors for his art was the New York Harmon Foundation, which, in 1929, presented him the "Award for Distinguished Achievements Among Negroes in the Fine Arts Field." Most of his work was handed over to the Harmon Foundation, now defunct, by a court that deemed his works without value. In turn the Foundation donated the work to the Smithsonian Institution, which had a retrospective of his work in 1970. In 1997, a lawsuit was filed by his relatives claiming the Smithsonian Institution had over 1000 works on paper illegally. Source: . Matthew Baigell, D... Read full biography
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- Texas Best of the WestFebruary 2007EditorSouthwest Art
- Museum AccessionsApril 2006Gustafson, Eleanor HThe Magazine Antiques
- Melting Pot: Art That Looks Like AmApril 2004Severens, Martha RAmerican Art Review
- American Impressionism in ContextFebruary 2002Severens, Martha RAmerican Art Review
- ReviewsMay 2001EditorsARTnews
- Southern SceneFebruary 2001Severens, Martha R.American Art Review
- Evolution of African-American ArtAugust 2000Hampton, R KumasiAmerican Art Review
- Passionate CollectorsJune 2000DiMartino, Christina; K BryantArt & Antiques
- And Now A Word About The SponsorsMay 2000Falkenstein, MichelleARTnews
- Shaping the Story of Black ArtMay 2000Newkirk, PamelaARTnews
- ReviewsApril 2000EditorsARTnews
- Front PageDecember 1997Editors, Art in AmericaArt in America
- Art News NationalNovember 1997Editors, Art NewsARTnews
- The American Scene and the SouthOctober 1997Phagan, PatriciaAmerican Art Review
- Around the BlockOctober 1997Tully, JuddArt & Auction
- ReviewsDecember 1995Editors, Art NewsARTnews
- The Southern Collection: A New LookDecember 1995Severens, Martha RAmerican Art Review
- Greenville (SC) County Museum /ArtNovember 1994Severens, MarthaThe Magazine Antiques
- African American ArtJune 1994AR editorsAmerican Art Review