Abby A Rockefeller Folk Art Museum
301 South Nassau Street
P.O. Box 1776
Williamsburg, VA 23187-1776
P.O. Box 1776
Williamsburg, VA 23187-1776
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Museums page for Joshua (Johnston) Johnson ((1765 - 1830)), known for Naive family portrait painting, often with pets. Showing 12 museum collections and exhibitions.
Joshua (Johnston) Johnson MUSEUMS
1765 near Baltimore, Maryland - 1830. Known for: Naive family portrait painting, often with pets.
Reportedly America's first professional black artist that was a free man, Joshua Johnson, whose name is written both as Johnson and Johnston, was originally from the West Indies and then came to the... Read full biography
Reportedly America's first professional black artist that was a free man, Joshua Johnson, whose name is written both as Johnson and Johnston, was originally from the West Indies and then came to the American South. He was an itinerant portrait painter among wealthy plantation owners in Maryland and... Read full biography
Reportedly America's first professional black artist that was a free man, Joshua Johnson, whose name is written both as Johnson and Johnston, was originally from the West Indies and then came to the American South. He was an itinerant portrait painter among wealthy plantation owners in Maryland and Virginia, and his style was derived from the conventional English portrait style of bust-length poses and arranged backdrops. His portrait figures are stiff, prim and flat in appearance, and quite... Read full biography
Reportedly America's first professional black artist that was a free man, Joshua Johnson, whose name is written both as Johnson and Johnston, was originally from the West Indies and then came to the American South. He was an itinerant portrait painter among wealthy plantation owners in Maryland and Virginia, and his style was derived from the conventional English portrait style of bust-length poses and arranged backdrops. His portrait figures are stiff, prim and flat in appearance, and quite often have a dog posed on the lap of the sitter. He was the first known African-American professional portrait painter to work in the United States. According to his advertisement in the Baltimore Intelligencer, December 19, 1798, he was a "self-taught... Read full biography
Reportedly America's first professional black artist that was a free man, Joshua Johnson, whose name is written both as Johnson and Johnston, was originally from the West Indies and then came to the American South. He was an itinerant portrait painter among wealthy plantation owners in Maryland and Virginia, and his style was derived from the conventional English portrait style of bust-length poses and arranged backdrops. His portrait figures are stiff, prim and flat in appearance, and quite often have a dog posed on the lap of the sitter. He was the first known African-American professional portrait painter to work in the United States. According to his advertisement in the Baltimore Intelligencer, December 19, 1798, he was a "self-taught genius." . He was listed in the Baltimore directory as a portrait painter, 1796 to 1824, and after... Read full biography
Joshua (Johnston) Johnson - Artist Info
About Joshua (Johnston) Johnson: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (12)
All MuseumsChrysler Museum of Art
245 West Olney Road
Norfolk, VA 23510Flint Institute of Arts
1120 East Kearsley Street
Flint, MI 48503Maryland Historical Society
201 West Monument Street
Balti.Orgmore, MD 21201-4674Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York City, NY 10028New Jersey State Museum
205 West State Street
Trenton, NJ 08625-0530Old Salem Museums and Gardens
P.O. Box 10310
Winston-Salem, NC 27108-0310The Baltimore Museum of Art
10 Art Museum Drive
Baltimore, MD 21218The Johnson Collection
100 Dunbar Street, Suite 203
Spartanburg, SC 29306The Newark Museum of Art
49 Washington Street
Newark, NJ 07102The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
118 N. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102Washington County Museum of Fine Arts
401 Museum Drive
Hagerstown, MD 21741-0423