ARTHIST 283-01 / AAAS 227-01: MODERN & CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN AMERICAN ART

William H. Johnson (1901-1970)September 11, 2019

Clockwise from lower left: Photograph of Alice Smoot Johnson (ca. 1877-1959), ca. 1940. Passport photograph of William H. Johnson, circa 1927. William H. Johnson, Vielle Maison, circa 1927. Oil on canvas. William H. Johnson, Street in Cassis(III), 1927. Oil on burlap.

Left: William H. Johnson, Landscape with Sun Setting, Florence, SC, 1930. Oil on canvas. Right: William H. Johnson, Girl in a Green Dress (Portrait Study No. 22), 1930. Oil on canvas.

Left: Photo of Holcha Krake Johnson and William H. Johnson, Kerteminde, Denmark, circa 1930. Right: William H. Johnson, Willie and Holcha, circa 1935. Hand-colored woodcut.

William H. Johnson, Midnight Sun, Lofoten, 1937. Oil on burlap.

Left: William H. Johnson, Jesus and the Three Marys, circa 1939. Oil on wood. Right: William H. Johnson, Nude, circa 1939-40. Oil on burlap.

William H. Johnson, Going to Church, 1940-41. Oil on burlap.

Above: William H. Johnson, Fright, ca. 1940-41. Tempera on paper. Right: William H. Johnson, Jitterbugs (V), ca. 1941-42. Oil on wood.

Left: William H. Johnson, Moon over Harlem, 1944. Oil on paperboard. Right: William H. Johnson, Li’l Sis, 1944. Oil on paperboard.

Left: William H. Johnson, Woman in Rocking Chair, 1944. Oil on paperboard. Right: William H. Johnson, Nat Turner, circa 1945. Oil on paperboard.

Left: William H. Johnson, Self-portrait with pipe, 1937. Oil on canvas. Above: Photograph of William H. Johnson (1901-1970), ca. 1940.