JOHNSON Arthur
MORNING SUN
Oil on canvas: 70 x 52 cm / 27.6 x 20.5 in
Signed lower left
Painter of portraits, genre scenes and landscapes; draughtsman.
Arthur Johnson studied in Germany, where his parents settled. He was active in Berlin. He made his debut in 1898 at the Grosse Kunstausstellung in Berlin with a study for a portrait of the poet Peter Hille. He also exhibited paintings and drawings there in 1900, 1904, 1914 and 1924. His caricatures appeared in “Kladderadatsch”, to which he was a regular contributor.
Period:
Cincinnati (Ohio) 1874 - 1954
American School
Literature:
E. Bénézit, "Dictionary of Artists", Paris 2006, Vol. 7, p. 870.