William H. Johnson
1901–1970


William H. Johnson in his studio, Kerteminde, Denmark, c.1931; Photographer unknown, Courtesy of Harmon Foundation Collection, National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD
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Biography
In all my years of painting, I have had one absorbing and inspiring idea, and have worked towards it with unyielding zeal – to give in simple and stark form – the story of the Negro as he has existed.