Eastman Johnson
(1824–1906) American artist (1824-1906)
Eastman Johnson (USA, 1824–1906) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a photographer. By year of birth, Eastman Johnson belongs to the chapter ‘Realism’ in this site’s history of art.
Eastman Johnson was born in Lovell and died in New York City.
The best-known works include ‘The Girl I Left Behind Me’ and ‘A Ride for Liberty’. The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 124 works by Eastman Johnson with free images. The dated works span the years 1840–1899. Works by Eastman Johnson are held by several collections, among them Metropolitan Museum of Art, drawings in the National Gallery of Art, Brooklyn Museum, and New York Historical.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Sanford Robinson Gifford, William Bradford, William Hart, Jasper Francis Cropsey, and William Morris Hunt.