Joshua Johnson
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Selected Works25

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15 Institutions
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NGA Washington
NGA Washington
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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Art Institute of Chicago
Smithsonian American Art Museum
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Walters Art Museum
Fogg Museum
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Birmingham Museum of Art
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Toledo Museum of Art
Toledo Museum of Art
Studio Museum
Newark Museum
The Newark Museum of Art
The Newark Museum of Art

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Jan 2026 · $30.5K
Latest priced sale: Portrait of a Woman - 59.1 x 48.9 cm - $11/sq cm
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Paintings: $30.5K median
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Current Exhibitions1

Legacies: Art from Renaissance Europe and the Americas

Joshua Johnson, Gilbert Stuart, Denys Calvaert, Nathaniel Smibert

245 Maine St, Brunswick, ME 04011, USA

Jan 1, 2026 — Mar 12, 2028

Legacies: Art from Renaissance Europe and the AmericasMar 12, 2026 - Mar 12, 2028, Boyd GalleryIn 1811, James Bowdoin III, the founder of the College, bequea...

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The Figge Art Museum in Davenport opens a new exhibition, "A Golden Age for Whom?", on June 6 in the Mary Waterman Gildehaus Community Gallery. The sh…
exhibitionsJun 4, 2026
The Figge Art Museum in Davenport, Iowa, will present "A Golden Age for Whom?" from June 6 through September 20, a contemporary art exhibition that ru…
exhibitionsMay 26, 2026
The Figge Art Museum in Davenport, Iowa, is hosting a Music & Maker's Night on May 14, featuring a guided tour of the exhibition "Get Surreal (A Surre…
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The Figge Art Museum in Davenport, Iowa, is hosting a special Art History Talk on April 30 focused on the work of the late Cuban-American artist Félix…
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Joshua Johnson, born into slavery in Maryland around 1763, emerged in the late 18th century as the first documented Black professional artist in the U…
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The Hopi-Tewa artist Nampeyo (1859–1942) is being celebrated as a foundational figure in modern ceramics for her role in the Sikyátki Revival. By stud…
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Sarah Miriam Peale, a member of the prominent Peale art dynasty and arguably the first professional woman artist in the United States, is finally rece…
cultureApr 9, 2026
The Art Institute of Chicago has released a curated guide to 100 essential masterpieces within its massive one-million-square-foot campus. The selecti…
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The exhibition "Women Artists of the American West: Colorado and Utah: 1885–1935" at History Jackson Hole spotlights seven forgotten female artists, i…
exhibitionsApr 7, 2026
The Studio Museum in Harlem announced it will reopen on November 15, 2025, after being closed since 2018 for construction of its new building on 125th…
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Past Exhibitions1

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American Masterworks

Eastman Johnson, William Merritt Chase, John Singer Sargent, Childe Hassam, Maurice Prendergast, Joshua Johnson, Georgia O’Keeffe

5798 NY-80, Cooperstown, NY 13326, USA

Dec 31, 2025

Eastman Johnson, William Merritt Chase, John Singer Sargent, Childe Hassam, Maurice Prendergast, Joshua Johnson, Georgia O’Keeffe — April 1 – December 31, 2025

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Jan 1, 1830
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