Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts
501 East 9th Street
Po Box 2137
Little Rock, AR 72202
Po Box 2137
Little Rock, AR 72202
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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
Lester Frederick Johnson - Artist Info
About Lester Frederick Johnson: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (16)
All MuseumsBuffalo AKG Art Museum
1285 Elmwood Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14222Canton Museum of Art
1001 Market Avenue North
Canton, OH 44702Denver Art Museum
100 West 14th Avenue Parkway
Denver, CO 80204Museum of Modern Art, New York
11 West 53rd Street
New York City, NY 10019National Museum of American Art-Smithsonian
8th and G Streets NW
Washington, DC 20004Neuberger Museum of Art
Suny, Purchase College
735 Anderson Hill Road
Purchase, NY 10577-1400Phoenix Art Museum
1625 North Central Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85004-1685Sheldon Museum of Art
12th &Amp; R Streets
Lincoln, NE 68588-0300Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
1071 Fifth Avenue
New York City, NY 10128The Grace Museum
102 Cypress Street
Abilene, TX 79601The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
4525 Oak Street
Kansas City, MO 64111-1873The University of Arizona Museum of Art
1031 N. Olive Road
Tucson, AZ 85721-0002University of Michigan Museum of Art, UMMA
525 South State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1354Weisman Art Museum
The University of Minnesota
333 East River Road
Minneapolis, MN 55455Yale University Art Gallery
1111 Chapel Street
Box 208271
New Haven, CT 06520-8271