Eastman Johnson, 1824-1906 - Dates: January 18, 1940 through
February 26, 1940 - Collections: American Art Date unknown,
approximately 1939: The virtual re-discovery of an important
American painter of portraits and homely scenes, generally known
as genre, will be shown at the Brooklyn Museum, January 18th
through February 25th. This artist is Eastman Johnson, who lived
from 1824 to 1906, thus spanning several important phases of the
country’s history. As a result of the research done by the
Museum’s Curator of Painting and Sculpture, John I. H. Baur, a
list of this artist’s work has been about doubled over what was
generally known before. This nearly exhaustive list, along with
a detailed life of Johnson, will be included in the catalogue
which the Museum will publish for the exhibition. About 100 of
the 400 listed works will be shown including portraits, scenes,
drawings and intimate working sketches found in his studio after
his death. Johnson was a native of Lovell, Maine, where he was
born in 1824. He we