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JOHNSON, EASTMAN (1824–1906)

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 462 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JOHNSON, EASTMAN (1824–1906) , See also:American artist, was See also:born at See also:Lovell, See also:Maine, on the 29th of See also:July 1824. He studied at See also:Dusseldorf, See also:Paris, See also:Rome and The See also:Hague, the last See also:city being his See also:home for four years. In 186o he was elected to the See also:National See also:Academy of See also:Design, New See also:York. A distinguished portrait and genre painter, he made distinctively American themes his own, depicting the See also:negro, fisherfolk and See also:farm See also:life with unusual See also:interest. Such pictures as " Old See also:Kentucky Home " (1867), " Husking See also:Bee " (1876), " See also:Cranberry See also:Harvest, See also:Nantucket " (188o), and his portrait See also:group " The Funding See also:Bill " (1881) achieved a national reputation. Among his sitters were many prominent men, including See also:Daniel See also:Webster; Presidents See also:Hayes, See also:Arthur, See also:Cleveland and See also:Harrison; See also:William M. See also:Evarts, See also:Charles J. Folger; See also:Emerson, See also:Longfellow, See also:Hawthorne, See also:James McCosh, See also:Noah See also:Porter and See also:Sir See also:Edward See also:Archbald. He died in New York City on the 5th of See also:April 1906.

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