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William H. JohnsonArtworks. View all 102 artworks. William H. Johnson lived in the XX cent., a remarkable figure of American Harlem Renaissance (New Negro Movement). Find more works of this artist at Wikiart.org – best visual art database.
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- Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
‘Swing Low, Sweet Chariot’ was created in 1944 by William H....
- Jitterbugs (Ii)
‘Jitterbugs (II)’ was created in 1941 by William H. Johnson...
- Let My People Free
‘Let My People Free’ was created in 1945 by William H....
- Moon Over Harlem
‘Moon Over Harlem’ was created in 1944 by William H. Johnson...
- Cotton Pickers, 1940
‘Cotton Pickers’ was created in 1940 by William H. Johnson...
- Children Dance, 1944
‘Children Dance’ was created in 1944 by William H. Johnson...
- Pintura
William H. Johnson William Henry Johnson. William H. Johnson...
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The Luce Foundation Center currently has 22 paintings on view by William H. Johnson (1901-1970), one of America’s foremost African American artists and a major figure in 20th century art. Luce visitors may notice that Johnson’s paintings appear to be done in two very different styles.
- March 19, 1901
- April 14, 1970
Mar 14, 2024 · A new exhibition at the Smithsonian American Art Museum brings together the Black Modernist painter’s most famous series for the first time in more than 75 years. William H. Johnson, Harriet...
- Shantay Robinson
William Henry Johnson (March 18, 1901 – April 13, 1970) 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.
William Henry Johnson, one of the great painter/poets of American experience, left South Carolina, the state of his birth, in 1917, when he was only 17, and found a place in the Harlem home of an uncle who made a good living as a porter on the trains that ran north and south. Johnson’s journey was part of the Great Migration, the mass exodus ...
Mar 15, 2020 · ACTIVE FOR ABOUT TWO DECADES, American artist William H. Johnson (1901-1970) made paintings in two distinct styles over the course of his career. Living in Europe from the mid-1920s to 30s, he developed a modern aesthetic making expressive and moody landscapes and later took an interest in folk art and what he called a “primitive” style.
The landmark exhibition “Fighters for Freedom: William H. Johnson Picturing Justice,” brings together—for the first time since 1946—34 paintings featured in the series, including 32 drawn from the museum’s collection of more than 1,000 works by Johnson.
