January 25, 2024
William H. Johnson American Treasures (Forever) 2012 Pane of 20
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William H. Johnson (Forever) 2012 American TreasuresPane of 20 The William H. Johnson stamp recognizes an influential African-American artist who is also viewed as one of the great painters of 20th century American art. One of the country's foremost African-American artists, William H. Johnson (1901-1970) is today recognized as a major figure in 20th-century American art. Known for his colorful, folk-inspired scenes of African-American daily life as well as his dramatic Scandinavian landscapes, Johnson is recognized on the 11th issuance in the American Treasures series with a still-life painting entitled Flowers.An oil-on-plywood painting dated 1939-1940, Flowers depicts a vase of boldly rendered, brightly colored blooms on a small red table. The two-dimensional, consciously naïve style in which Flowers was painted, was one of the many techniques of modernist abstraction and primitive art adapted by Johnson during his career. The painting, a gift of the Harmon Foundation, belongs to the Smithsonian American Art Museum.William Henry Johnson was born in Florence, South Carolina. As a child, he practiced drawing by copying comic strips from the newspaper. At the age of 17 he went to live with his uncle in Harlem. He worked at a variety of jobs to save money for tuition at the prestigious National Academy of Design in New York City.In
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