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Museums page for Ynez Johnston ((1920 - 2019)), known for Modernist naive-views, non objective painting, printmaking. Showing 15 museum collections and exhibitions.
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1920 Berkeley, California - 2019. Known for: Modernist naive-views, non objective painting, printmaking.
Painter/printmaker Ynez Johnston was born in 1920 in Berkeley, California. She studied drafting, painting and printmaking at the University of California with Worth Ryder, Erle Loran and Margaret... Read full biography
Painter/printmaker Ynez Johnston was born in 1920 in Berkeley, California. She studied drafting, painting and printmaking at the University of California with Worth Ryder, Erle Loran and Margaret Peterson. Johnston's work is characterized by "jigsaw" shapes reminiscent of primitive designs. Her... Read full biography
Painter/printmaker Ynez Johnston was born in 1920 in Berkeley, California. She studied drafting, painting and printmaking at the University of California with Worth Ryder, Erle Loran and Margaret Peterson. Johnston's work is characterized by "jigsaw" shapes reminiscent of primitive designs. Her unique style blends modernism and ancient art forms from her travels to Italy, Mexico, India and Nepal. She has also done 3-dimensional pieces in collaboration with her husband, poet and novelist John... Read full biography
Painter/printmaker Ynez Johnston was born in 1920 in Berkeley, California. She studied drafting, painting and printmaking at the University of California with Worth Ryder, Erle Loran and Margaret Peterson. Johnston's work is characterized by "jigsaw" shapes reminiscent of primitive designs. Her unique style blends modernism and ancient art forms from her travels to Italy, Mexico, India and Nepal. She has also done 3-dimensional pieces in collaboration with her husband, poet and novelist John Berry, and with ceramic sculptor Adam Mekler. Her watercolors, oils and etchings of the 1950s and 1960s were rich with complex imagery, and displayed a disciplined and somewhat restrained use of color. The display of her paintings and etchings in an... Read full biography
Painter/printmaker Ynez Johnston was born in 1920 in Berkeley, California. She studied drafting, painting and printmaking at the University of California with Worth Ryder, Erle Loran and Margaret Peterson. Johnston's work is characterized by "jigsaw" shapes reminiscent of primitive designs. Her unique style blends modernism and ancient art forms from her travels to Italy, Mexico, India and Nepal. She has also done 3-dimensional pieces in collaboration with her husband, poet and novelist John Berry, and with ceramic sculptor Adam Mekler. Her watercolors, oils and etchings of the 1950s and 1960s were rich with complex imagery, and displayed a disciplined and somewhat restrained use of color. The display of her paintings and etchings in an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York (1951) was the launch of her career as a successful artist. In later mixed-medi... Read full biography
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About Ynez Johnston: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (15)
All MuseumsGeorgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia
The University of Georgia
90 Carlton Street
Athens, GA 30602-6719Laguna Art Museum
307 Cliff Drive
Laguna Beach, CA 92651Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York City, NY 10028Museum of Modern Art, New York
11 West 53rd Street
New York City, NY 10019Oakland Museum of California
1000 Oak Street
Oakland, CA 94607Phoenix Art Museum
1625 North Central Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85004-1685San Diego Museum of Art
Balboa Park, 1450 el Prado
Po 122107
San Diego, CA 92101San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, SFMOMA
151 Third Street
San Francisco, CA 94103Santa Barbara Museum of Art
1130 State Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101-2476The 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 48109-1354University of New Mexico Art Museum (UNMAM)
203 Cornell Dr SE
Albuquerque, NM 87106Weisman Art Museum
The University of Minnesota
333 East River Road
Minneapolis, MN 55455Whitney Museum of American Art
99 Ganesvoort Street
New York City, NY 10014