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Joni T. Johnson (1934–1988) was an American painter from Swayzee, Indiana.

Education

Johnson went to Arsenal Technical High School in Indianapolis and attended the John Herron Art Institute.

Career

From the 1950s through the late '70s, Johnson worked in Indianapolis, where she displayed and sold her art in several galleries, and was a founder of the Talbott Street Art Fair. She had a mini-retrospective in 1977 in the Art Pavilion at L.S. Ayres. Watercolor was her primary medium, and she is best known for her representations of children and the female figure.

For a short time, Johnson lived and worked in Chicago, where she studied with Charles E. Burchfield.

Two of Johnson's paintings hang in the White House East Room, and her works have hung in 27 countries. Her paintings, always signed J.T. Johnson, have been owned by Katharine Hepburn, Harry Belafonte, Lana Turner, Joel Grey, Vincent Price, Jack Holland, Frances Myers, and Constance Vinson

References

• Congressional Record, March 21, 1989
• The Indianapolis News, June 24, 1988. Sec. A. p. 13, c. 2
• The Indianapolis Star, June 18, 1988. Sec. D. p. 1, c. 6
• The Artists Bluebook: 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 AskART.com Inc., Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)

External links

• Johnson on Ask Art
• Johnson on Antique Helper

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