William H. Johnson: Retrospective

The AAM portion of the Smithsonian site has quite a nice exhibition on African-American artist William H. Johnson. 

All fifty-three works presented are listed, complete with thumbnails, in the checklist section. (9 pages)    

The exhibition's curator has identified six major themes.  Three of them are  --       

• Journeys (8 works)
  
• Scenes of City and Country Life (5 works)
• War Effort (4 works)
  

But I feel a strong preference for the remaining, perhaps more personal, three --        

• Family and Friends (6 works)
• Fighters for Freedom (6 works)
• Women Builders (1 work, 7 details) (personal favorite)

 

Comments

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Thanks so much for the link to the William H. Johnson retrospective. I find his art and his life to be quite moving.