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Birth
1765
Death
1830
Lived/Active
Maryland
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naive family portrait painting, often with pets
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Black American Artists
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| Reportedly America's first professional black artist that was a free
man, Joshua Johnson, whose name is written both as Johnson and
Johnston, was originally from the West Indies and then came to the
American South. He was an itinerant portrait painter among
wealthy plantation owners in Maryland and Virginia, and his style was
derived from the conventional English portrait style of bust-length
poses and arranged backdrops. His portrait figures are stiff,
prim and flat in appear (showing 500 of 3333 characters). |
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