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) var en banbrytande amerikansk konstnär under Harlemrenässansen, känd för sina uttrycksfulla porträtt och folkliga stil som skildrar afroamerikanskt liv. Utforska hans kraftfulla modernistiska verk!
SCAD Museum of Art (Savannah, USA)
Utforska samtida konst och design på SCAD Museum of Art i Savannah! Upptäck mode, fotografi, afroamerikansk konst och mer i en historisk byggnad i Greek Revival-stil. En unik pedagogisk upplevelse.
Om detta konstverk
- Titel: Mount Calvary
- Konstnär: William H. Johnson
- År: 1944
- Format: Landscape
- Upphovsrättslig status: Upphovsrättsskyddat
- Plats för visning: SCAD Museum of Art
- Rörelse: Northern Folk Expression
- Teknik: WallArt
- Kreativ period: Mature Style
- Kontext för korpus: ritual , modernism
Kortfakta
- 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


