William H. Johnson

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William H. Johnson was a pioneering African American painter known for his vibrant, folk-influenced modernist depictions of Black life in the United States and Europe.

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instanceOf African American artist
modernist artist
painter
person
activeYearsEnd 1940s
activeYearsStart 1920
artisticStyle bold colors
flattened perspective
folk-influenced modernism
simplified forms
artisticTheme African American daily life
religious scenes
rural Southern life
urban Black culture
causeOfCareerInterruption mental illness
collectionContainsWorks National Museum of African American History and Culture
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art
surface form: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Whitney Museum of American Art
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1901-03-18
dateOfDeath 1970-04-13
educatedAt Art Students League of New York
National Academy of Design
ethnicGroup Black Americans
surface form: African American
familyName Johnson
fullName William Henry Johnson
genre genre painting
landscape painting
portrait painting
givenName William
hasHeritage Southern United States
influencedBy African American folk traditions
European modernism
Harlem Renaissance
surface form: Harlem Renaissance culture
movement Harlem Renaissance
folk art
modernism
notableFor folk-influenced modernist style
paintings of Black life in the United States and Europe
vibrant depictions of African American life
notableWork Cafe
Going to Church
Jitterbugs
Moon Over Harlem
Street Life, Harlem
occupation painter
printmaker
placeOfBirth Florence, South Carolina
placeOfDeath Central Islip, New York NERFINISHED
placeOfHospitalization Central Islip State Hospital
sexOrGender male
spouse Holcha Krake
spouseOccupation textile artist
stateOfBirth South Carolina
stateOfDeath New York
studiedUnder Charles Webster Hawthorne
George Luks
workLocation Copenhagen
surface form: Copenhagen, Denmark

Harlem
surface form: Harlem, New York City

New York City
Oslo
surface form: Oslo, Norway

Paris
surface form: Paris, France

South Carolina

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Hackensack Cemetery, Hackensack, New Jersey, United States containsGraveOf William H. Johnson
subject surface form: Hackensack Cemetery