Biografie von Lester F. JOHNSON (1919-2010)

Birth place: Minneapolis, MN

Addresses: NYC, 1947; Milford, CT, c.1965

Profession: Painter, educator

Studied: Minneapolis School Art; St. Paul School Art; AIC

Exhibited: CI, 1964, 1968, 1972; PAFA Ann., 1964; "Rosc 1967," Dublin, Ireland; "L'Art Vivant aux …tats-Unis" Fondation Maeght, France, 1971; "10 Independents," Guggenheim Mus., 1972; Chicago Biennial, 1972; WMAA. Awards: Guggenheim fellowship, 1972.

Work: MoMA; BMA; Nat. Mus. Am. Art, Wash., DC; Albright-Knox Gal., Buffalo, NY; Chrysler MA, Norfolk, VA; Dayton AI; Philbrook AC; Phoenix AM; Walker AC, Minneapolis; Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT

Comments: Abstract figurative painter active in Provincetown, MA, 1953-62. Teaching: Yale Univ., 1965-.

Sources: WW73; Provincetown Painters, 239