Sargent Claude Johnson / edited by Dennis Carr, Jacqueline Francis, and John P. Bowles ; with an essay by Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnson, Sargent, 1888-1967, artist.

Contributor:

Bowles, John Parish, 1968- editor, contributor.

Carr, Dennis (Dennis Andrew), editor, contributor.

Francis, Jacqueline, editor, contributor.

Nielson, Christian, writer of foreword.

Shaw, Gwendolyn DuBois, 1968- contributor.

Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, host institution, organizer, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Johnson, Sargent, 1888-1967--Exhibitions.

Johnson, Sargent.

Genre:

exhibition catalogs.

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (131 pages) : 89 illustrations (some color), genealogical table, portraits

Place of Publication:

San Marino, CA : The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, 2024.

Summary:

"Sargent Claude Johnson (1888-1967) was the first Black modernist on the West Coast to gain national acclaim. His artistic practice, forged in California, drew from a range of international influences, including traditional and contemporary arts of Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America, particularly Mexican modernism and Indigenous pottery techniques. Spanning the Black Renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s to the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s, Johnson's career was devoted to sensitive, ennobling portrayals of people of color. Though best known as a sculptor, he worked expertly in a broad range of media--from painting and printmaking to enamelwork and ceramics--each illuminating his multifaceted identity as an artist. In this catalogue, leading scholars examine Johnson's artistic evolution and offer fresh perspectives on his work. From sculptures of underrepresented subjects to majestic architectural commissions--including a celebrated mural reproduced in lavish gatefold format--the book positions Johnson's oeuvre within an expansive framework of global modernism"--Publisher's description.

Contents:

Director's foreword / Christina Nielsen

Introduction / John P. Bowles, Jacqueline Francis, and Dennis Carr

Divine love : Sargent Johnson's orphanhood / Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw

Sargent Johnson's globalism / John P. Bowles, Jacqueline Francis, and Dennis Carr

On the job : the Bay Area commissions / Jacqueline Francis

The California School for the Blind commission / Dennis Carr

The public artworks at Aquatic Park / John P. Bowles

The George Washington High School athletics mural / Dennis Carr

Sargent Johnson's material experiments / Dennis Carr.

Notes:

"Published in conjunction with the exhibition 'Sargent Claude Johnson, ' organized by the Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, February 17-May 20, 2024"--Colophon.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and online resource (A&AePortal, viewed on October 8, 2024).

ISBN:

9780300282962

0300282966

OCLC:

1459218001