William Johnson Artist Artworks. Usa portrait oil on canvas signed and dated 1930 william h. View william johnson’s artworks on artnet.
Johnson’s paintings can be described as lush “jungles”, with ripe fruit connoting an unabashed sensuality and an abundance of color that is. His work was featured in numerous exhibitions at key galleries and museums, including the art institute of chicago and the philadelphia museum of art. Johnson was an artist who used a primitive style of painting to depict the experience of african americans during the 1930s and '40s.
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Low price guarantee, fast shipping & free returns, and custom framing options on all prints. After johnson married danish textile artist holcha krake, the couple lived for some time. Johnson's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from $15 usd to $125,000 usd, depending on the size and medium of the. William johnson is known for naive genre, figure, still life painting, serigraphs, drawing.