Clark Atlanta University Art Museum
223 James P. Brawley Dr Sw
Trevor Arnett Hall, 2nd Floor
Atlanta, GA 30314
Trevor Arnett Hall, 2nd Floor
Atlanta, GA 30314
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Museums page for William Henry Johnson ((1901 - 1970)), known for Naive genre, figure, still life painting, serigraphs, drawing. Showing 9 museum collections and exhibitions.
William Henry Johnson MUSEUMS
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
William Henry Johnson - Artist Info
About William Henry Johnson: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (9)
All MuseumsFlorence Museum
558 Spruce Street
Florence, SC 29501Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia
The University of Georgia
90 Carlton Street
Athens, GA 30602-6719Greenville County Museum of Art
420 College Street
Greenville, SC 29601Oakland Museum of California
1000 Oak Street
Oakland, CA 94607Sangre De Cristo Arts Center
210 N Santa Fe Avenue
Pueblo, CO 81003The Johnson Collection
100 Dunbar Street, Suite 203
Spartanburg, SC 29306The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
4525 Oak Street
Kansas City, MO 64111-1873The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
118 N. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102