Ben Johnson was born on September 11, 1902, in New York City, and was
educated there. He studied at Pratt Institute and while still a
student, he was accepted for showing at the First International
Watercolor Exhibition at Brooklyn Museum in 1925.
He became a Tiffany Scholar in 1930-1933 with two grants, and exhibited
at Mrs. Phillip Roosevelt's gallery the GRD Studio, and had his first
one-man show at the Jumble Shop Restaurant in 1930, when he was at once
recognized as (showing 500 of 1584 characters). |
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