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William Henry Johnson - Girl Seated

Girl Seated (1939)

William Henry Johnson (American, 1901 – 1970)
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This work was commissioned by the United States federal government as part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) program. It is not subject to copyright protection.
William Henry Johnson

William Henry Johnson was an American painter. Born in Florence, South Carolina, he became a student at the National Academy of Design in New York City, working with Charles Webster Hawthorne. He later lived and worked in France, where he was exposed to modernism. After Johnson married Danish textile artist Holcha Krake, the couple lived for some time in Scandinavia. There he was influenced by the strong folk art tradition. The couple moved to the United States in 1938. Johnson eventually found work as a teacher at the Harlem Community Art Center, through the Federal Art Project.

Johnson's style evolved from realism to expressionism to a powerful folk style, for which he is best known. A substantial collection of his paintings, watercolors, and prints is held by the Smithsonian American Art Museum, which has organized and circulated major exhibitions of his works.

In Collection: Works Progress Administration (WPA) Art (View all 421)

Getting ready for Hanging (Lynching)

Getting ready for Hanging (Lynching) (1932)

Lynd Ward (American, 1905-1985)
Trolley Car

Trolley Car (1936-1941)

Salvatore Pinto (American, 1905 - 1966)
Birth of John Henry

Birth of John Henry (1935–40)

Fred Becker (American, 1913-2004)
White Horse

White Horse (1938)

Earnest Yarbrough (American, 1923–1980)
Scene from Ashbury Heights – San Francisco

Scene from Ashbury Heights – San Francisco (1938-1939)

Jennie Lewis (American, 1892–1944)
New York Landscape

New York Landscape (1936)

Fred Becker (American, 1913-2004)
S.F. House

S.F. House

Marguerite Redman Dorgeloh (American, 1890–1944)
View of Mining Site

View of Mining Site (ca. 1933-1943)

Anonymous
Cable Court

Cable Court (1931)

Roff Beman (American, 1891 - 1940)
Employment Office

Employment Office (1935–36)

Jolan Gross Bettelheim (Hungarian, 1900–1972)
Preacher

Preacher (1935 - 1943)

Nan Lurie (American, 1910–1985)
Blast Furnace

Blast Furnace (1935–36)

Jolan Gross Bettelheim (Hungarian, 1900–1972)
L Fulton Street

L Fulton Street (1935–43)

Mortimer Borne (American, 1902-1987)
Underpass-New York

Underpass-New York (1933-1934)

Anonymous
Coal breakers

Coal breakers (1938)

Blanche Grambs (American, 1916–2010)
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