Alabama, Pennsylvania, California. 1915 - 2001
Modernist African-American genre and figure painting, printmaking
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1888 Boston, Massachusetts - 1967 San Francisco, California. Known for: Mod figure, sculptor, graphics, mural.
Sargent Johnson, African-American and Indian painter and sculptor, was born in Boston, Massachusetts. His father, Anderson, was Swedish and his mother Lizzie Jackson, was Cherokee and Negro. The... Read full biography
Sargent Johnson, African-American and Indian painter and sculptor, was born in Boston, Massachusetts. His father, Anderson, was Swedish and his mother Lizzie Jackson, was Cherokee and Negro. The marriage was stormy due to racial problems and illness. There were six children, Sargent being the third... Read full biography
Sargent Johnson, African-American and Indian painter and sculptor, was born in Boston, Massachusetts. His father, Anderson, was Swedish and his mother Lizzie Jackson, was Cherokee and Negro. The marriage was stormy due to racial problems and illness. There were six children, Sargent being the third child. Some of the Johnson children, due to color or appearance, were accepted as Indians or Caucasians, and lived their lives as such. He, however, chose to live as a Black throughout his life. The... Read full biography
Sargent Johnson, African-American and Indian painter and sculptor, was born in Boston, Massachusetts. His father, Anderson, was Swedish and his mother Lizzie Jackson, was Cherokee and Negro. The marriage was stormy due to racial problems and illness. There were six children, Sargent being the third child. Some of the Johnson children, due to color or appearance, were accepted as Indians or Caucasians, and lived their lives as such. He, however, chose to live as a Black throughout his life. The children were orphaned at an early age, the father passing away in 1897, and the mother dying of tuberculosis in 1902. In the early years, the children lived with an uncle, Sherman William Jackson, who. became principal of the M Street High School,... Read full biography
Sargent Johnson, African-American and Indian painter and sculptor, was born in Boston, Massachusetts. His father, Anderson, was Swedish and his mother Lizzie Jackson, was Cherokee and Negro. The marriage was stormy due to racial problems and illness. There were six children, Sargent being the third child. Some of the Johnson children, due to color or appearance, were accepted as Indians or Caucasians, and lived their lives as such. He, however, chose to live as a Black throughout his life. The children were orphaned at an early age, the father passing away in 1897, and the mother dying of tuberculosis in 1902. In the early years, the children lived with an uncle, Sherman William Jackson, who. became principal of the M Street High School, and his wife, the famous Black sculptress, May Howard Jackson. Mrs. Jackson maintained a studio in Washington, D.C., and specialized i... Read full biography
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New York, Maine / France. 1890 - 1973
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Pennsylvania, North Carolina. 1900 - 1995
Modernist nude figure sculpture, portraits, teaching
Massachusetts, New Jersey. 1910 - 2007
Black-American street genre, prints
New York, Florida. 1892 - 1962
African-American portrait sculpture, educator
New York, Kansas. 1899 - 1979
African-American genre painting, illustration, mural
Ohio, New Jersey, Florida, New Mexico. 1915 - 1999
Figure in desolate landscape painting, surrealism, teaching
Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut. 1887 - 1948
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New York. 1914 - 2005
African-American figure, political genre
Illinois, New York, California. 1918 - 1979
Black-American figure and genre and mural painting
Georgia, New York / France. 1900 - 1980
Southern poverty images-paintings and history murals
New York, Tennessee. 1904 - 1991
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New York, New Jersey. 1902 - 1986
Figure-genre, landscape and portrait painting
New York, North Carolina. 1907 - 1977
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Illinois, District Of Columbia. 1914 - 1985
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New York. 1909 - 1979
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District Of Columbia, New York / Mexico. 1915 - 2012
Abstract sculpture, modernist figure and portrait painting, graphics
Tennessee, New York / France. 1901 - 1979
Lyrical abstract painting, city scenes-jazz
Virginia, Texas. 1924 - 2001
Narrative mural painting-African-American subjects
Pennsylvania / Canada. 1893 - 1965
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Illinois. 1935 - 2023
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District Of Columbia, Maryland. 1905 - 1970
Figure-genre, portrait and still life painting
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Brunswick / Canada. 1828 - 1901
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Massachusetts / Russian Federation. 1921 - 2007
Modernist genre and figure painting, drawing, commercial art, printmaking
New York. 1929 - 2003
Mod urban-ethnic imagery, etching
District Of Columbia, Massachusetts / Haiti. 1905 - 1998
African figure-genre, landscape, still life and mask painting, teaching
California, Louisiana. 1925 - 2015
Afro-American figurative and landscape painting, art collecting