TitleNegro Boy
Artist
Eastman Johnson
(American, 1824 - 1906)
Datec. 1860-1861
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 14 × 17 in.
Framed: 19 5/8 × 22 1/2 × 2 3/4 in.
SubmissionNA diploma presentation, May 6, 1861
Credit LineNational Academy of Design, New York, NY
Object number671-P
Label TextJohnson’s picture of a young boy playing the flute ranks as one of his most intimate and engaging paintings of African-Americans dating from the 1860s. These works followed the critical and popular success of his painting Life in the South (1859, New-York Historical Society), upon its showing at the National Academy’s annual exhibition of 1859.After studying at the Düsseldorf Academy from 1848-1851, Johnson spent a year living in The Hague in Holland, where he closely studied the Dutch and Flemish masters, including Rembrandt. In the years ahead Johnson would become one of the greatest figure painters of his generation.
Collections
- 19th Century Highlights from the Collection
- Past as Prologue Part I
