Jonathan Eastman Johnson
1824-1906 Jonathan Eastman Johnson Galleries Eastman Johnson (July 29, 1824 - April 5, 1906) was an American painter, and Co-Founder of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, with his name inscribed at its entrance. Best known for his genre paintings, paintings of scenes from everyday life, and his portraits both of everyday people, he also painted portraits of prominent Americans such as Abraham Lincoln, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. His later works often show the influence of the 17th century Dutch masters whom he studied while living in The Hague, and he was even known as The American Rembrandt in his day. Johnson's style is largely realistic in both subject matter and in execution. His original photorealistic charcoal sketches were not strongly influenced by period artists, but are informed more by his lithography training. Later works show influence by the 17th century Dutch and Flemish masters, and also by Jean François Millet. Echoes of Millet's The Gleaners can be seen in Johnson's The Cranberry Harvest, Island of Nantucket although the emotional tone of the work is far different. His careful portrayal of individuals rather than stereotypes enhances the realism of his paintings. Ojibwe artist Carl Gawboy notes that the faces in the 1857 portraits of Ojibwe people by Johnson are recognizable in people in the Ojibwe community today. Some of his paintings such as Ojibwe Wigwam at Grand Portage display near photorealism long before the photorealism movement but in keeping with the American tradition of realism that can be seen in the works of Charles Willson Peale whose painting The Stairway Group is said to have fooled George Washington. His careful attention to light sources contributes to the realism. Portraits Girl and Pets and The Boy Lincoln make use of single light sources in a manner that echoes the 17th Century Dutch Masters.

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Jonathan Eastman Johnson The Cranberry Harvest on the Island of Nantucket oil painting


The Cranberry Harvest on the Island of Nantucket
1880 Timken Art Gallery, San Diego
Painting ID::  4219
Jonathan Eastman Johnson
The Cranberry Harvest on the Island of Nantucket
1880 Timken Art Gallery, San Diego
   
   
     

Jonathan Eastman Johnson The Old Stagecoach oil painting


The Old Stagecoach
1871 Milwaukee Art Museum
Painting ID::  4218
Jonathan Eastman Johnson
The Old Stagecoach
1871 Milwaukee Art Museum
   
   
     

Jonathan Eastman Johnson La famille Hatch oil painting


La famille Hatch
mk75 1871 Huile sur toile:122x186.4cm
Painting ID::  31695
Jonathan Eastman Johnson
La famille Hatch
mk75 1871 Huile sur toile:122x186.4cm
   
   
     

Jonathan Eastman Johnson Fiddling His Way oil painting


Fiddling His Way
Oil on canvas - 24.35 x 36.25 in - 1866 - Scanned from Eastman Johnson: Painting America - fig 78 pg 149 cyf
Painting ID::  84305
Jonathan Eastman Johnson
Fiddling His Way
Oil on canvas - 24.35 x 36.25 in - 1866 - Scanned from Eastman Johnson: Painting America - fig 78 pg 149 cyf
   
   
     

Jonathan Eastman Johnson The Lord is my Shepard oil painting


The Lord is my Shepard
Oil on wood -16.625 x 13.125 in - c 1863 cyf
Painting ID::  84353
Jonathan Eastman Johnson
The Lord is my Shepard
Oil on wood -16.625 x 13.125 in - c 1863 cyf
   
   
     

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     1824-1906 Jonathan Eastman Johnson Galleries Eastman Johnson (July 29, 1824 - April 5, 1906) was an American painter, and Co-Founder of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, with his name inscribed at its entrance. Best known for his genre paintings, paintings of scenes from everyday life, and his portraits both of everyday people, he also painted portraits of prominent Americans such as Abraham Lincoln, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. His later works often show the influence of the 17th century Dutch masters whom he studied while living in The Hague, and he was even known as The American Rembrandt in his day. Johnson's style is largely realistic in both subject matter and in execution. His original photorealistic charcoal sketches were not strongly influenced by period artists, but are informed more by his lithography training. Later works show influence by the 17th century Dutch and Flemish masters, and also by Jean François Millet. Echoes of Millet's The Gleaners can be seen in Johnson's The Cranberry Harvest, Island of Nantucket although the emotional tone of the work is far different. His careful portrayal of individuals rather than stereotypes enhances the realism of his paintings. Ojibwe artist Carl Gawboy notes that the faces in the 1857 portraits of Ojibwe people by Johnson are recognizable in people in the Ojibwe community today. Some of his paintings such as Ojibwe Wigwam at Grand Portage display near photorealism long before the photorealism movement but in keeping with the American tradition of realism that can be seen in the works of Charles Willson Peale whose painting The Stairway Group is said to have fooled George Washington. His careful attention to light sources contributes to the realism. Portraits Girl and Pets and The Boy Lincoln make use of single light sources in a manner that echoes the 17th Century Dutch Masters.

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