Mount Calvary
William H. Johnson returned to the United States in 1938 after living abroad in France and Scandinavia where he was initially trained in modernist visual language and later Northern folk art vernacular. Once he returned to America, Johnson immersed himself in African American traditions, creating work that spanned media and imagery?from landscapes and still lifes to portraiture and religious scenes. Mount Calvary is a striking piece, with elongated figures, bold colors and flattened space that typifies Johnson?s mature style. This gouache on paper is a study for the 1944 oil painting Christ Crucified, illustrating Johnson?s careful compositional planning and initial color choices. It is one among numerous biblical scenes that Johnson depicted.
William H. Johnson (1901 – 1970)
William H. Johnson (1901-1970) je bil vpliven ameriški slikar obdobja Harlemske renesanse, znan po ekspresivnih portretih in prikazu življenja Afroameričanov v stilu ljudske umetnosti. Raziščite njegova močna dela modernizma!
SCAD Museum of Art (Savannah, Združene države Amerike)
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O tem umetniškem delu
- Naslov: Mount Calvary
- Umetnik: William H. Johnson
- Leto: 1944
- Format: Landscape
- Status avtorskih pravic: Zavetno pod avtorsko pravico
- Kje je razstavljeno: SCAD Museum of Art
- Gibanje: Northern Folk Expression
- Tehnika in material: WallArt
- Ustvarjalno obdobje: Mature Style
- Kontekst korpusa: ritual , modernism
Ključni podatki
- Subject or theme: Religious scene
- Artist: William H. Johnson
- Medium: Gouache on paper
- Artistic style: Abstract Expressionism
- Location: Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Movement: American Folk Art
- Year: 1944


