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Richard S. Johnson
Born
Richard S. Johnson

(1939-11-08)8 November 1939 -
NationalityAmerican
Known forPainter Illustrator
MovementImpressionism

Richard S. Johnson is a contemporary American painter based in Chicago, Illinois.[1].

Biography

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Johnson was born in Chicago to a family of artists. While still in primary school, Johnson was accepted as a scholar to the Art Institute of Chicago. A graduate of the American Academy of Art, he embarked on a career as an illustrator.[2]

Influences

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Johnson is heavily influenced by Charles Dana Gibson, N.C. Wyeth, and John Singer Sargent,[3] whose books he pored on as a child.

Style

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Johnson's style has been regarded as having the technical excellence of pre-Raphael Romanticism mixed with contemporary expressionism and abstraction.[4]

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