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An essential figure in modern American art, William H. Johnson (1901-1970) was a virtuoso skilled in various media and techniques, who produced thousands of works over a career that spanned decades, continents, and genres. This volume considers paintings from the collection of Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland, that show the pivotal stages in Johnson's career as a modernist painter of post-impressionist and expressionist works reminiscent of Cezanne, Van Gogh, and Soutine, and the vernacular paintings in which he articulates his specific, unforgettable voice as an artist. In this lavishly illustrated book, some of the world's premier scholars of William H. Johnson and African American art history examine the artist and his artistic genius in fresh new ways, including his relationship with one of his earliest patrons, the Harmon Foundation; the critical role played by scholars at the nation's historically black colleges and universities; the context of Johnson's experiences living in Harlem and his deep southern roots; and Johnson as a trailblazer in the genres of still life and landscape painting. Richard J. Powell is the John Spencer Bassett Professor of Art and Art History at Duke University. Other contributors are Aaron Bryant, David C. Driskell, Leslie King-Hammond, and Lowery Stokes Sims.

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Book category Books in English The arts History of art / art & design styles History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -

• Full title: William H. Johnson
• Subtitle: An American Modern
• Author: Teresa G. Gionis
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 120
• EAN: 9780295991481
• ISBN: 0295991488
• ID: 04874973
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Weight: 556 g
• Dimensions: 254 × 203 × 10 mm
• Date of publishing: 06. September 2011

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