William Henry Johnson (March 18, 1901 – April 13, 1970) was an American painter. Born in Florence, South Carolina, he became a student at the National Academy of Design in New York City, working with Charles Webster Hawthorne.He later lived and worked in France, where he was exposed to modernism.After Johnson married Danish textile artist Holcha Krake, the couple lived for some time in William H. Johnson’s painting style changed dramatically as he traveled between Europe and America.He spent his early years in South Carolina and New York, then moved to France, where he met Holcha Krake, a Danish textile artist.The couple married in Denmark and settled in a small fishing town, from which they made painting trips to Norway, Sweden, and Africa.
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