What is Jasper Johns?
{{Infobox artist | name = Jasper Johns Jr. | image = Jasper Johns, Medal of Freedom, 2011.jpg | caption = | birth_name =Jasper Johns, Jr. | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1930|5|15}} | birth_place = [[Augusta, Georgia]], U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = [[United States|American]] | field = [[Painting]], [[Printmaking]] | training = | movement = [[Abstract expressionism|Abstract Expressionism]], [[Neo-Dada]], [[Pop art|Pop Art]] | works = ''Flags,'' ''Numbers,'' ''Maps,'' ''Stenciled Words'' | patrons = | awards = (1988) Awarded the Grand Prize for Painting at the [[Venice Biennial]] Artist of the year<br>(1989) Awards By MIR<br>(1990) National Medal of Arts<br>(1993) [[Praemium Imperiale]]<br>(2011) [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] }} '''Jasper Johns, Jr.''' (born May 15, 1930) is an [[Americans|American]]. contemporary artist. He works primarily in painting and [[printmaking]].<ref>Finkel, Jori. ''[http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/31232/jasper-johns/ Artist Dossier: Jasper Johns].'' May 2009, [[Art & Auction|Art+Auction]].</ref> He is known for creating ''[[Three Flags]]''. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Johns, Jasper}} [[Category:1930 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American artists]] [[Category:People from Augusta, Georgia]] [[Category:People from South Carolina]] {{us-bio-stub}}