User:Havagut/Richard S. Johnson
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Richard S. Johnson | |
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Born | Richard S. Johnson 8 November 1939 - |
Nationality | American |
Known for | Painter Illustrator |
Movement | Impressionism |
Richard S. Johnson is a contemporary American painter based in Chicago, Illinois.[1].
Biography
[edit]Johnson was born in Chicago to a family of artists. While still in primary school, Johnson was accepted as a scholar to the Art Institute of Chicago. A graduate of the American Academy of Art, he embarked on a career as an illustrator.[2]
Influences
[edit]Johnson is heavily influenced by Charles Dana Gibson, N.C. Wyeth, and John Singer Sargent,[3] whose books he pored on as a child.
Style
[edit]Johnson's style has been regarded as having the technical excellence of pre-Raphael Romanticism mixed with contemporary expressionism and abstraction.[4]
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