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ANDRÉ-LÉON VIVREL (1886-1976) STUDIO COLLECTION - PART 1 AND IMPRESSIONIST & MODERN ART

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Lotto 109 - JOHN THEODORE JOHNSON (1902-1963) The Black Model, 1956 Oil on canvas Signed and dated '1956' lower right (Soiling and staining) Oil on canvas, signed and dated '1956' lower right 119 x 80 cm - 46 7/8 x 31 1/2 in. Provenance - Private collection, France - Acquired from the previous "[J. Theodore] Johnson is one of the best painters I have ever known. He is a 'painter's painter' with a magnificent sense of color." Leopold Seyffert, N.A. (1953) [John Theodore Johnson (1902-1963) was an American artist active in the mid-twentieth century. Of Swedish-American descent, Johnson was born in Oregon, Illinois. His father, Theodore Johnson, was a woodcarver. From 1920 to 1925, Ted studied at the Art Institute of Chicago. After graduating, he was awarded the American Traveling Scholarship, which took him to Paris, where he studied under André Lhote at La Grande Chaumière. In 1931, he returned to Illinois to collaborate on his Federal Art Project (1935-1943). He worked with the FAP until 1938, creating historical murals, book illustrations and a map ("Illinois Its Geography Its history"). In 1938, he moved to Minneapolis to take up a position at the Minneapolis School of Art, where he remained until 1945. From then on, he taught at San Jose State College. He spent the rest of his life in California, where he died in 1963. [John Theodore Johnson (1902-1963) was an American artist active in the mid-20th century. Johnson was born in Oregon, Illinois, and was of Swedish-American descent. His father, Theodore Johnson was a wood carver. From 1920-25 Ted studied at the Art institute of Chicago. Graduating, he was awarded the American Traveling Scholarship, which took him to Paris where he studied under André Lhote at La Grande Chaumière. He returned to the Illinois in 1931, taking work with the WPA initiative Illinois Federal Art Project (1935-1943). He worked with the FAP through 1938, producing several historical murals as well as Illinois-related book illustrations and at least one pictorial map ("Illinois Its Geography Its history"). He moved to Minneapolis in 1938 to take a position with the Minneapolis School of Art, where he remained until 1945. At that time, he received a professorship at San Jose State College, California. He remained in San Jose until his death in 1963.

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