Joshua Johnson : Portraitist of Early American Baltimore / Washington County Museum of Fine Arts.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fulco, Daniel, editor, writer of supplementary textual content.

Palmateer, Kay, photographer.

Pytlik, Greg, graphic designer.

Hall, Sarah J., project director.

Terry, David Taft, writer of supplementary textual content.

Letzer, Mark B., 1965- writer of supplementary textual content.

Washington County Museum of Fine Arts (Md.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Johnson, Joshua, active 1796-1824--Exhibitions.

Johnson, Joshua.

Johnson, Joshua, active 1796-1824.

African American artists.

African American painters.

Portrait painters.

Maryland--Baltimore.

Portrait painters--Maryland--Baltimore--18th century--Exhibitions.

Portrait painters--Maryland--Baltimore--19th century--Exhibitions.

African American painters--Maryland--Baltimore--18th century--Exhibitions.

African American painters--Maryland--Baltimore--19th century--Exhibitions.

African American artists--Maryland--Baltimore--18th century--Exhibitions.

African American artists--Maryland--Baltimore--19th century--Exhibitions.

Genre:

Biographies.

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

v, 106 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm

Place of Publication:

Hagerstown, MD : Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, 2021.

Summary:

African-American artist Joshua Johnson (ca. 1763-1824) is often described as the first Black portrait artist in America. Johnson's work, influences, and artistic milieu are examined in this first monographic treatment of his accomplishments since 1988, which features three essays and entries on all the works included in the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts' exhibition.

Contents:

Funding Acknowledgments & Lenders to the Exhibition

Foreword & Acknowledgments / Sarah J. Hall

Joshua Johnson: A Brief Social Biography of the Portrait Painter and the Meanings of Race in His Baltimore, ca. 1763-ca. 1824 / David Taft Terry

Joshua Johnson: Pioneer of American Portraiture / Daniel Fulco

From Slave to "Self-Taught Genius": Joshua Johnson at the Maryland Center for History and Culture / Mark B. Letzer

Catalogue

Selected Bibliography

Image Credits.

Notes:

This catalogue is published on the occasion of Joshua Johnson: Portraitist of Early American Baltimore, an exhibition on view at the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts from April 17 to October 24, 2021.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 104-105)

ISBN:

9780914495031

0914495038

OCLC:

1257427157